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Hosea 3:2
“So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כָּרָהkârâh · kaw-raw'
H3739 · Hebrew
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
- וָ — conjunction
- אֶכְּרֶ֣ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
- הָ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, feminine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 2:62 Kings 6:23
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.