mak.kar denotes a person known to someone, appearing in clauses about priests and the receipt of silver.

The attested use concerns persons known to the priests in connection with receiving silver: the singular construct form occurs in the report of unrepaired damage, and the plural construct form in the priests' agreement not to take silver.

1. Persons known to the priests · dominant

   In 2 Kings 12:6, the singular construct form occurs in the account that the priests had not repaired the house's damage; the APB renders the verse, "But in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damage to the house." In 2 Kings 12:8, the plural construct form occurs as the priests agree concerning silver; the APB renders, "The priests agreed neither to take silver from the people nor to repair the damage to the house."

   2 Kings 12:62 Kings 12:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding actions of priests, silver, and repairs, but it does not isolate this term with a distinct English rendering. Its contribution is therefore identified from the construct noun forms and the clauses' setting.