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סחר

סחר

Hebrew

Verb

סָחַר • ‎(sakhár) ‎(pa'al construction, Biblical Hebrew pausal form סָחָר) (transitive)

(archaic, Biblical Hebrew) to traverse, to pass
- Genesis 34:10
  וְ אִתָּנוּ תֵּשֵׁבוּ וְ הָ אָרֶץ תִּהְיֶה לַ פְנֵיכֶם שְׁבוּ וּסְחָרוּהָ וְ הֵֽאָחֲזוּ בָּהּ׃‎
  You will settle with us and the land will be available to you. Settle and traverse it and acquire property in it.
to trade

Conjugation

Conjugation of סָחַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לסחור \ לִסְחֹר action noun: — passive participle: —
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	סָחַרְתִּי		סָחַרְנוּ
	second	סָחַרְתָּ	סָחַרְתְּ	סְחַרְתֶּם¹	סְחַרְתֶּן¹
	third	סָחַר	סָחֲרָה	סָחֲרוּ
present		סוֹחֵר	סוֹחֶרֶת	סוֹחֲרִים	סוֹחֲרוֹת
future	first	אֶסְחַר		נִסְחַר
	second	תִּסְחַר	תִּסְחֲרִי	תִּסְחֲרוּ	תִּסְחַרְנָה²
	third	יִסְחַר	תִּסְחַר	יִסְחֲרוּ	תִּסְחַרְנָה²
imperative		סְחַר	סַחֲרִי	סַחֲרוּ	סְחַרְנָה²
notes		Pronounced סָחַרְתֶּם and סָחַרְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

סַחַר • ‎(sákhar) m ‎(singular construct סחר־)

(uncountable) trade, commerce
(uncountable, archaic, Biblical Hebrew) profit, gain
- Isaiah 23:18, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וְ הָיָה סַחְרָהּ וְאֶתְנַנָּהּ קֹדֶשׁ לַֽ יהוָה […] ‎
  And her gain and her hire shall be holiness to the Lord; […]
- Proverbs 3:14, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  כִּי טֹוב סַחְרָהּ מִסְּחַר־כָּסֶף וּמֵחָרוּץ תְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃‎
  For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, And the gain thereof than fine gold.

Declension

Declension of סַחַר

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	סַחַר	first	סַחְרִי		סַחְרֵנוּ
	definite	הַסַּחַר	second	סַחְרְךָ	סַחְרֵךְ	סַחְרְכֶם	סַחְרְכֶן
	construct	סַחַר־	third	סַחְרוֹ	סַחְרָהּ	סַחְרָם	סַחְרָן

Synonyms

(trade): מִסְחָר ‎(miskhár)