Lexical Definition

‎מִכְמֶרֶת‎ mikmereth (mik-meh'-reth) net ^H:N-F
or מִכְמֹרֶת mikmôreth (mik-mo'-reth); feminine of ‎מַכְמָר‎

drag, net.

• a (fisher's) net

1) net, fishing net

See Greek: σαγήνη

Extended Information

• Also means: mikh.mo.ret (‎מ‎ִ‎כ‎ְ‎מ‎ֹ֫‎ר‎ֶ‎ת‎ "net" מִכְמֶרֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מִכְמֶ֫רֶת‎] noun feminine net, fishing-net; singular suffix ‎מִכְמַרְתּוֺ‎ Hab 1:15 (|| ‎חַכָּה‎, and ‎חֵרֶם‎), vHab 1:16, both in figure of conquering Chaldeans.

‎מִכְמֹ֫רֶת‎ noun feminine id.; ‎עַלפְּֿנֵימּמַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎וּפֹרְשֵׂי מ‎ Isa 19:8 (|| ‎מַשְׁלִיכֵי בַיְאוֺר חַכָּה‎).

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