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מְחִיר

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

Used: 15 times · Key: 4242 · BDB: מְחִיר

Glosses

a.price (6); price (5); [are.the].price (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

price tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. price, hire hire tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. price, hire (as that which is placed in front of one, presented, offered; Assyrian maḫîru, price; maḫirânu, buyer, DlHWB 404, Prol. 94);—מ׳ abs. Mi 3:11 + 9 times; cstr. Dt 23:19 + 2 times; sf. מְחִירָהּ Jb 28:15; pl. sf. מְחִירֵיהֶם ψ 44:13;— price, often בִּמְחִיר for a price; in trade 2 S 24:24 1 K 10:28 2 Ch 1:16; cf. La 5:4 (‖ כֶּסֶף), also (no בְּ) 1 K 21:2 and מ׳ שָׂדֶה עַתּוּדִים Pr 27:26; of wisdom Jb 28:15 (‖ סְגוֹר כֶּסֶף) cf. Pr 17:16; (no בְּ); fig. בְּלוֹא־כֶסֶף וּבְלוֹא מ׳ Is 55:1 in purchase of blessings from י׳; of price of people, fig. ψ 44:13, cf. Je 15:13. hire, מ׳ כֶּלֶב (i.e. of male prostitute) Dt 23:19 (‖ אֶתְנַן זוֹנָה) v. Di Dr; of venal priests Mi 3:11 (‖ שֹׁחַר) = reward, gain, denied of Cyrus Is 45:13 (‖ id.); affirmed of Ant. Epiph. Dn 11:39.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מְחִיר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 27:26

כְּבָשִׂ֥ים לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּמְחִ֥יר שָׂ֝דֶ֗ה עַתּוּדִֽים׃

Word for word: lambs [are].for clothing your and [are.the].price of.a.field goats

JPS 1917: The lambs will be for thy clothing, and the goats the price for a field.

Lamentations 5:4

מֵימֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃

Word for word: water our for money we.have.drunk wood(s) our for a.price they.come

JPS 1917: We have drunk our water for money; our wood cometh to us for price.

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