Word Study · Strong's H4747 · Hebrew
מְקֵרָה
meqerah
mek-ay-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉqêrâh
“a cooling off”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a cooling off
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] summer.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הַמְּקֵרָ֤ה1
- הַמְּקֵרָֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 1
- the coolness2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
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- HTd/Ncfsa · 2
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 3:20הַמְּקֵרָ֤הhamekerahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen Ehud approached him while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from his seat.here: the coolness
- Judges 3:24הַמְּקֵרָֽה׃hamekerahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularAfter Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “He must be relieving himself in the cool room,” they said.here: the coolness