Word

כָּרָה

kârâh · H3739 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences

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Meanings

to purchase, to buy

Action by which humans acquire an animate or inanimate object by means of a financial transaction or in another way

Examples
Deuteronomy 2:6 “You are to buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink.
Hosea 3:2 So I purchased her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and a homer and a lethech of barley.
to barter, to bargain

Action by which a potential buyer and seller negotiate about the price

Examples
Job 6:27 “You would even cast lots for the orphans, And barter over your friend.
Job 41:6 “Will the traders bargain for him? Will they divide him among the merchants?
to hold a feast

Causative action by which humans hold a celebration involving eating and drinking

Examples
2 Kings 6:23 So he provided a large feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

5 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated: you (more than one) 2
חַבָּרpartner 1
Not stated: I 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

כֵּרָהfeast 1
מַיִםwater 1
הָher 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 7 groups

בin/on/with+ כֶּסֶףsilver 2
עַלon, upon, over, against+ רֵעַneighbor, friend 1
עַלon, upon, over, against+ וֹhim 1
בin/on/with+ חֹמֶרmud 1
בin/on/with+ לֶתֶךְlethech 1
לto/for+ נִיme 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 7 entries

Exist002002002005: This entry carries no independent "Exist" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence of this distinct homonym כָּרָה (Deuteronomy 2:6, Hosea 3:2) concerns buying or bartering, not existence. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense.
Think002004002013: The bargaining sense of this word, as in Job 6:27's "barter over your friend," involves weighing and considering terms, a deliberative act.
Willing002001002028: As "to buy" (Deuteronomy 2:6's purchase of food and water), this word implies a willingness on both sides to conclude the transaction.
Possess002003002019: As "to buy" (Hosea 3:2's "I purchased her for myself"), this word describes acquiring possession of what is bought.
Speak002004001009008: The bargaining sense of this word (Job 6:27) involves the spoken exchange of terms in a negotiation.
Festivals002002002011: Sharing a root with כָּרָה (kârâh, H3738) immediately above, this word's "make a banquet" sense (2 Kings 6:23) connects it with festival and banquet terms.
Afraid002001002001: This entry carries no independent "Afraid" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence concerns buying, purchasing, or bartering, not fear. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

כָּרָהkârâh · H3739כֵּרָה kêrâh · H3740 · feast · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3739. karah II. [כָּרָה] verb get by trade, trade (Late Hebrew כִּירָה act of buying,…

H3739. karah
II. [כָּרָה] verb get by trade, trade (Late Hebrew כִּירָה act of buying, purchase (so 'in den Küstenländern,' LevyNWB ii. 323 f.); Arabic let for hire); — only
Qal Imperfect1singular suffix וָאֶכְּרֶהָ Hos 3:2 (dagesh forte dirimens, si vera punctat., Ges§ 20. 2, b; but compare We); 3 masculine plural יִכְרוּ Job 40:30; Job 40:2masculine plural תִּכְרוּ Deu 2:6; Job 6:27; — get by trade, buy, with accusative Hos 3:2; Deu 2:6; followed by -עַל trade in, make trade of Job 6:27; Job 40:30.
III. [כָּרָה] verb give a feast (literally perhaps bring (guests), invite; compare Assyrian karû, bring, kirêtu, feast, kireti iškun, he gave a feast, Dl :HWB 352); — only
Qal Imperfect. with accusative of congnate meaning with verb, גְדוֺלָהוַיִּכְרֶה כֵּרָה לָהֶם 2Ki 6:23 and he gave a great feast for them (the context requires this sense, but text dubious, NöZMG 1886, 724, compare Klo).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0