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Ezekiel 27:36
“The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
סָחַרçâchar · saw-khar'
H5503 · Hebrew
H5503 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.
- Grammar
- סֹֽחֲרִים֙ — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 21 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 23:16Genesis 34:10Genesis 34:21Genesis 37:28Genesis 42:34
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 סָחַר 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.