me.kher denotes a price or assessed worth, and in a market setting goods being sold.

The attested uses chiefly concern a price or worth in a stated relation, while one verse places the term in the setting of goods brought and sold.

1. Price or assessed worth · dominant

   In Numbers 20:19, the construct form occurs in the Israelites' offer to give payment if they drink the water; the APB renders the clause "then I will give their price." In Proverbs 31:10, the construct form appears in the comparison of a woman of valor's worth with jewels; the APB renders "Her worth is far beyond jewels."

   Numbers 20:19Proverbs 31:10
2. Goods offered for sale · rare

   In Nehemiah 13:16, the absolute singular form occurs with fish being brought and sold on the Sabbath; the APB renders the traders as bringing "fish and all merchandise" and selling in Jerusalem.

   Nehemiah 13:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "price" in Numbers 20:19, "worth" in Proverbs 31:10, and "merchandise" in Nehemiah 13:16. These renderings indicate the clauses' contexts rather than fixed English equivalents.