The corpus record — Hebrew

סְחַ֥ר

cachar

an emporium; abstractly, profit (from trade)

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Distribution

Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 3 · 0.1/10k

Senses

1. סָחַר

an emporium; abstractly, profit (from trade)

2. סחר

clothes, rags (Honig 149) Jr 38, …

3. סחר

‏סחר ‎practise magic

4. סחר

1to go about, travel about

Attestations

סְחַ֥ר Isaiah 23:3 (BHS)
וּֽ/סְחַר Isaiah 45:14 (BHS)
מִ/סְּחַר Proverbs 3:14 (BHS)

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Koehler-Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) scan pp. 396-397; entry #1695 Review: Under source audit
Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (Carta 1987) scan p. 377; entry #9175 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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