Lexical Definition

‎מָכַר‎ mâkar (maw-kar') to sell ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] at all, sell (away, -er, self).

• to sell, literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender)

1) to sell
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sell
1a2) seller (participle)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be sold
1b2) to sell oneself
1b3) to be given over to death
1c) (Hithpael) to sell oneself

See Greek: ἀποδίδωμι · δίδωμι · κτάομαι · παραδίδωμι · πιπράσκω · ποιέω · πωλέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָכַר‎ verb sell (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ‎מכר‎; Zinjirli ‎מכרו‎ price, DHM^{Sendsch. 60}; Aramaic , ‎מְכַר‎ marry (i.e. buy as a wife); compare Assyrian makkûru, namkur(r)u, nakkuru, possession, property, Dl^{HWB 408}); —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Lev 27:20 + 2 t.; suffix ‎מְכָרוֺ‎ Exod 21:37* + 2 t.; 1 singular ‎מָכַרְתִּי‎ Isa 50:1 + 2 t., etc.; Imperfect ‎יִמְכֹּר‎ Exod 21:7 +, etc.; Imperative ‎מִכְרָ֫ה‎ Gen 25:31 feminine singular ‎מִכְרִי‎ 2Kgs 4:7 Infinitive absolute ‎מָכֹר‎ Deut 14:21; Deut 21:14 construct ‎מְכוֺר‎ Neh 10:32* suffix ‎מָכְרָהּ‎ Exod 21:8 ‎מִכְרָם‎ Amos 2:6; Neh 13:15 (compare Ba^{NB 104}); Participle ‎מֹכֵר‎ (‎מוֺכֵר‎) Lev 25:16 + 3 t.; feminine ‎מֹכֶרֶת‎ Nah 3:4, etc.; — sell (with ‎בְּ‎ pret. Amos 2:6; Joel 4:3*; Ps 44:13*) followed by accusative e.g. land Gen 47:20; Gen 47:22 (J), Lev 25:14 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb), vLev 25:25 (H; followed by ‎מֵאֲחֻזָּתוֺ‎) compare Ezek 48:14 (followed by ‎מִן‎ partitive), Lev 25:15 (no object expressed), so vLev 25:27; Lev 27:20 (H), Ruth 4:3 house Lev 25:29 (H); beast Exod 21:35; Exod 21:37* (E); flesh Deut 14:21 (no object); crop Lev 25:16 (H); food Neh 10:32*; Neh 13:15; Neh 13:16, compare vNeh 13:20 (followed by ‎מִמְכָר‎); oil 2Kgs 4:7 linen Prov 31:24 birthright Gen 25:31; Gen 25:33 (J); most often human beings, e.g. as slaves Gen 37:27; Gen 37:28; Gen 37:36; Gen 45:4; Gen 45:5 (all J E), Exod 21:16 (E), Deut 21:14 (twice in verse); Deut 24:7, compare Amos 2:6; Neh 5:8; Zech 11:5; Joel 4:3*; Joel 4:6*; Joel 4:7*; Joel 4:8* (twice in verse); especially daughters Exod 21:7; Exod 21:8 (E); in marriage Gen 31:15 (E); Participle = seller Isa 24:2; Ezek 7:12; Ezek 7:13 figurative, object truth Prov 23:23 of Nineveh, selling nations ‎גּוֺיִם‎ Nah 3:4 especially ‎׳‎‎י‎ selling his people (to enemies), i.e. giving it entirely into their power: Deut 32:30; Ps 44:13*; Isa 50:1, also (‎בְּיַד‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎) Judg 2:14; Judg 3:8; Judg 4:2; Judg 10:7; 1Sam 12:9 compare Judg 4:9 (Sisera to woman); also Ezek 30:12 (strike out Co after B and others) Niph`al Perfect ‎נִמְכַּר‎ Lev 25:48 + 5 t., etc.; Imperfect ‎יִמָּכֵר‎ Lev 25:34 + 3 t., etc.; Infinitive ‎הִמָּֽכְרוֺ‎ Lev 25:50 Participle plural ‎נִמְכָּרִים‎ Neh 5:8 — be sold, of land Lev 25:23; Lev 25:34 beast Lev 27:27 compare vLev 27:28 (all P); of human beings as slaves Exod 22:2* for (‎בְּ‎) theft (E), Lev 25:42 (P), Ps 105:17; Esth 7:4 sell oneself Lev 25:39; Lev 25:47; Lev 25:48; Lev 25:50 (PH), Deut 15:12; Jer 34:14; Neh 5:8 (twice in verse); figurative of Israel, sold by ‎׳‎‎י‎, Isa 50:1 for (‎בְּ‎) their sins, Isa 52:3 compare Esth 7:4 = given over to death. Hithpa`el Perfect ‎הִתְמַכֵּר‎ 1Kgs 21:25 ‎וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּם‎ consecutive Deut 28:68 ‎וַיִּתְמַכְּרוּ‎ 2Kgs 17:17 Infinitive ‎הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ‎ 1Kgs 21:20 sell oneself as slave Deut 28:68 figurative 1Kgs 21:20; 1Kgs 21:25; 2Kgs 17:17, all followed by ‎לַעֲשׂוֺת הָרַע‎.

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