The meaning of “מִמְכָּר”
Understanding mimkâr reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
[idiom] ought, (that which cometh of) sale, that which...sold, ware. - merchandise - abstractly, a selling 1) sale, ware...
מִמְכָּר
[idiom] ought, (that which cometh of) sale, that which...sold, ware. - merchandise - abstractly, a selling 1) sale, ware, thing sold
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 25:28 | “But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.” Word: מִמְכָּר (mimkâr) | |
| Deuteronomy 18:8 | “They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.” Word: מִמְכָּר (mimkâr) | |
| Nehemiah 13:20 | “So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.” Word: מִמְכָּר (mimkâr) | |
| Ezekiel 7:13 | “For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.” Word: מִמְכָּר (mimkâr) |