merchandise
ma.a.rav denotes trade goods or commercial wares, including goods exchanged, shipped, and lost at sea.
The term denotes commercial goods within a trading network: goods given by traders, carried by ships, sent out from the seas, and included among the losses when the city falls.
Senses in use
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Commercial goods in exchange and shipment · dominant
The singular construct form occurs where traders give goods in exchange: in Ezekiel 27:13 the APB renders the clause "they gave your merchandise," and Ezekiel 27:17 similarly lists food, oil, and balsam given by traders. In Ezekiel 27:25 the ships of Tarshish are connected with this commerce, while Ezekiel 27:34 includes it among what has fallen in the seas.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB variously uses "merchandise" and "wares" for the surrounding commercial clauses, including goods given by traders, carried by ships, and lost in the sea. These renderings indicate the trade context rather than a fixed English equivalent in every clause.