מ־כ־ר

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Akkadian m-k-r (“related to commerce”), Arabic م ك ر (m-k-r, “related to scheming, planning”).

Root

מ־כ־ר • (m-k-r)

1. Related to selling.
2. Related to selling oneself, devotion, addiction.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root מ־כ־ר (0 c, 7 e)

Further reading

• “מ־כ־ר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “מ־כ־ר”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “מכר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 346c
• A. Murtonen (1989) “MKR”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 258