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title: סַחַר — traffic · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סַחַר (5504), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: traffic. BDB 1906: n.m. traffic, gain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סַחַר

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«סַחַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **traffic** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 5504 · **BDB:** סַ֫חַר

### Glosses

profit (4); \[the\].trading.profit (1); than.\[the\].trading.profit (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

traffic [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5504/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. traffic, gain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5504/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 3:14 traffic, gain;—cstr. סְחַר Is 23:3 + 2 times; sf. סַחְרָהּ Pr 3:14 + 3 times;—traffic, i.e. gain from traffic, Is 23:3, 18 (+ אֶתְנַנָּהּ), v 18; 45:14 Pr 3:14(×2); 31:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סַחַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5504/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 3:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.14/)

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כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב סַ֭חְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּ֑סֶף וּ֝מֵחָר֗וּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[is\].good profit her.trading more than.\[the\].trading.profit of.silver and more than.gold gain her

*JPS 1917:* For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

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[Proverbs 31:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.18/)

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טָ֭עֲמָה כִּי־ט֣וֹב סַחְרָ֑הּ לֹֽא־יִכְבֶּ֖ה בַלַּ֣יְלָה נֵרָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* she.tastes (dm).that \[is\].good profit her.trading not it.is.extinguished in the night lamp her

*JPS 1917:* She perceiveth that her merchandise is good; her lamp goeth not out by night.

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