BDB4605 [H4242]

I. מְחִיר noun masculine price, hire (as that which is placed in front of one, presented, offered; Assyrian ma—îru, price; ma—irânu, buyer, Dl^{HWB 404, Prol.94}); — ׳מ absolute Mic 3:11 + 9 t.; construct Deut 23:19 + 2 t.; suffix מְחִירָהּ Job 28:15 plural suffix מְחִירֵיהֶם Ps 44:13 —

1. price, often בִּמְחִיר for a price; in trade 2Sam 24:24; 1Kgs 10:28; 2Chr 1:16 compare Lam 5:4 (|| כֶּסֶף), also (no בְּ) 1Kgs 21:2 and שָׂדֶה עַתּוּדִים ׳מ Prov 27:26 of wisdom Job 28:15 (|| סְגוֺר כֶּסֶף) compare Prov 17:16 (no בְּ); figurative ׳בְּלוֺאבֶֿסֶף וּבְלוֺא מ Isa 55:1 in purchase of blessings from ׳י; of price of people, figurative Ps 44:13, compare Jer 15:13.

2. hire, כֶּלֶב ׳מ (i.e. of male prostitute) Deut 23:19 (|| אֶתְנַן זוֺנָה) see Di Dr; of venal priests Mic 3:11 (|| שֹׁחַד); = reward, gain, denied of Cyrus Isa 45:13 (|| id.); affirmed of Ant. Epiph. Dan 11:39.

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