בְּנֵי / בְּנוֹת / מָכַר
A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) · a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) · to sell , literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender )
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בֵּן H1121 a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
בַּת H1323 a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
מָכַר H4376 to sell , literally (as merchandise, a daughter in marriage, into slavery), or figuratively (to surrender )
What does בְּנֵי / בְּנוֹת / מָכַר (benê / benōṯ / māḵar) mean in the Bible?
בֵּן · בַּת · מָכַר is a Hebrew word meaning "sons, daughters, and selling language".
Full entry for בְּנֵי / בְּנוֹת / מָכַר (H1121, H1323, H4376) · Browse the biblical lexicon
Meaning
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Hebrew Verb Forms
How this verb appears across 37 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).
Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).
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