Lexicon
מִכְמֹ֫רֶת
mikh.mo.ret
H4365B
H:N-F Hebrew

net

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mikh.mo.ret denotes a net spread upon the water in Isaiah’s picture of mourning fishers.

The lone attested use places the feminine singular noun in the activity of spreading nets on the water’s surface as fishers mourn in Isaiah 19:8.

Senses in use

  1. A net spread on the water · dominant

    In Isaiah 19:8, the feminine singular noun occurs in the clause about people who spread nets upon the face of the water; the APB renders the verse with fishers who “spread nets upon the face of the water” and mourn.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 19:8, the APB presents the relevant activity as fishers who “spread nets upon the face of the water.” The precise English token corresponding to the noun cannot be isolated with certainty.

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