Original Language Studio
2 Kings 6:23
“And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3739 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to purchase
- Derivation
- usually assigned as a primitive root, but probably only a special application of H3738 (כָּרָה) (through the common idea of planning implied in a bargain);
- KJV renderings
- buy, prepare.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּכְרֶ֨ה — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 2:6Hosea 3:2
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כָּרָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.