ka.rah denotes an exchange involving payment, whether obtaining food and water or acquiring a woman with silver and barley.

The two verses show ka.rah in transactions involving payment: provisions are obtained with silver in Deuteronomy 2:6, and a woman is acquired with silver and barley in Hosea 3:2.

1. Obtaining through payment or exchange · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 2:6, the Qal imperfect plural form occurs in the instruction to obtain food and water with silver; the APB renders the clause "purchase food" and "buy water." In Hosea 3:2, the Qal sequential imperfect first-person singular form occurs with fifteen pieces of silver and measures of barley; the APB renders, "I bought her for myself."

   Deuteronomy 2:6Hosea 3:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the transactions with "purchase" and "buy" in Deuteronomy 2:6 and "bought" in Hosea 3:2. These renderings confirm the transaction scenes rather than isolate a fixed English equivalent.