Plain (of Jericho)
kik.kar denotes a measured quantity of metal, and in other contexts a plain or a loaf of bread.
The dominant use marks measured amounts of gold, silver, bronze, or iron in payments, tribute, construction supplies, and weighed deposits. It also identifies a broad plain or district, especially the Jordan area and the area of cities destroyed in Genesis, and occurs in provisions of bread as a loaf.
Senses in use
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A measured amount of metal · dominant
In Exodus 38:27, singular absolute forms occur in the accounting of silver for the sockets, with one such amount assigned per socket; the APB renders the clause "a talent for the socket." Construct and plural forms likewise accompany specified quantities of gold, silver, bronze, and iron in gifts, payments, and building resources in 1 Chronicles 29:7 and Ezra 8:26.
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A broad plain or district · common
In Genesis 13:10, the construct singular names the Jordan area that Lot sees as well watered, and Genesis 13:11 says that Lot chooses all of it. Singular absolute forms identify the area in which the cities are overthrown in Genesis 19:25 and the route by which Ahimaaz runs in 2 Samuel 18:23; the APB renders these clauses with "plain" or "Plain."
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A loaf of bread · rare
Construct singular and plural forms occur among bread provisions: Exodus 29:23 lists one item from the basket, while 1 Samuel 10:3 describes a traveler carrying three such items. In 1 Chronicles 16:3 and Jeremiah 37:21, the clauses concern bread distributed or given daily; the APB renders these contexts with "loaf" or "loaves of bread."
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly presents the metal-measure use as "talent" or "talents," the geographic use as "plain," and the food use as "loaf" or "loaves of bread." These are renderings of whole clauses in a translation rather than word-by-word alignments.