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H4365 מִכְמֶרֶת (mikmereth) mik-meh'-reth
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or mikmoreth {mik-mo'-reth}; feminine of 4364; a (fisher's) net

KJV Usage: drag, net

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מִכְמֶ֫רֶת (mikh.me.ret) — net. net, fishing net Also means: mikh.mo.ret (מִכְמֹ֫רֶת "net" H4365B)

מִכְמֹ֫רֶת (mikh.mo.ret) — net. net, fishing net Another spelling of mikh.me.ret (מִכְמֶ֫רֶת "net" H4365A)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · מִכְמָר

Traps | ≈ חַכָּה · חֵרֶם

casting net = circular net with weights and a draw rope around its edge of roughly 6–7.5 meters in diameter; ► thrown from a boat or the shore in a circular motion so that it lands with the net fully spread out on the water; the weights carry it down, trapping fish underneath; then the fisherman uses the draw rope to close the net and pull it back to himself; ≈ associated with aggression and control

ISA 19:8 · HAB 1:15 · HAB 1:16

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מִכְמֶ֫רֶת] n.f. net, fishing-net base

מִכְמֹ֫רֶת n.f. id. [k.bw.ad]; Is 19:8 ref

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