Word Study · Strong's H5503 · Hebrew
סָחַר
sachar
saw-khar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: çâchar
“to travel round (specifically as a pedlar)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitate
Rendered in the KJV as
go about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 18inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 18
- סֹחֲרֵ֣י3
- סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְ2
- וְהַסֹּחֲרִ֖ים1
- וְיִסְחֲר֣וּ1
- וּסְחָר֔וּהָ1
- וְסֹחֲרֵ֨י1
- לַסֹּחֵֽר׃1
- סוֹחֵ֑ר1
- סֹחֵ֥ר1
- סָחֲר֥וּ1
- סְ֭חַרְחַר1
- סֹחֲרֶ֙יה֙1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 16
- [was] trader your3
- [the] traders of2
- traders2
- traders your2
- [the] trader of1
- [were] [the] traders of1
- a trader1
- and [the] traders of1
- and go about in it1
- and let them go about in1
- and the traders1
- it palpitates1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 15
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular3
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural2
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- HC/Vqu3mp1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqrfsc/Sp2fs · 3
- HVqrmpc · 3
- HVqrmpa · 2
- HVqrmpc/Sp2fs · 2
- HC/Td/Vqrmpa · 1
- HC/Vqrmpc · 1
- HC/Vqu3mp · 1
- HC/Vqv2mp/Sp3fs · 1
- HRd/Vqrmsa · 1
- HVpp3ms · 1
- HVqi2mp · 1
- HVqp3cp · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel7 of 21 · 33%
- Genesis5 of 21 · 24%
- Isaiah3 of 21 · 14%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 21 · 10%
- 1 Kings1 of 21 · 5%
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis5 occurrences
- Genesis 23:16לַסֹּחֵֽר׃lasocherpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularAbraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.here: to the trader
- Genesis 34:10וּסְחָר֔וּהָusecharuhaconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularYou may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”here: and go about in it
- Genesis 34:21וְיִסְחֲר֣וּveyischaruHC/Vqu3mp“These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.here: and let them go about in
- Genesis 37:28סֹֽחֲרִ֗יםsocharimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSo when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.here: traders
- Genesis 42:34תִּסְחָֽרוּ׃tischaruverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralBut bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”here: you will go about in
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 1:16סֹחֲרֵ֣יsochareiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.here: [the] traders of
- 2 Chronicles 9:14וְהַסֹּחֲרִ֖יםvehasocharimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralnot including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.here: and the traders
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 23:2סֹחֵ֥רsocherverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.here: [the] trader of
- Isaiah 23:8סֹחֲרֶ֙יה֙sochareihverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularWho planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?here: traders its
- Isaiah 47:15סֹחֲרַ֣יִךְsocharayikhverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularThis is what they are to you— those with whom you have labored and traded from youth— each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.here: traders your
Ezekiel7 occurrences
- Ezekiel 27:12סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְsochartekhverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularTarshish was your merchant because of your great wealth of goods; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your wares.here: [was] trader your
- Ezekiel 27:16סֹחַרְתֵּ֖ךְsochartekhverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularAram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.here: [was] trader your
- Ezekiel 27:18סֹחַרְתֵּ֛ךְsochartekhverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularBecause of your many products and your great wealth of goods, Damascus traded with you wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar,here: [was] trader your
- Ezekiel 27:21סֹחֲרֵ֣יsochareiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.here: [were] [the] traders of
- Ezekiel 27:21סֹחֲרָֽיִךְ׃socharayikhverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularArabia and all the princes of Kedar were your customers, trading in lambs, rams, and goats.here: traders your
- Ezekiel 27:36סֹֽחֲרִים֙socharimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThose who trade among the nations hiss at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.’”here: traders
- Ezekiel 38:13וְסֹחֲרֵ֨יvesochareiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will ask, ‘Have you come to capture the plunder? Have you assembled your hordes to carry away loot, to make off with silver and gold, to take cattle and goods, to seize great spoil?’here: and [the] traders of
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