miq.nah denotes an acquisition made by payment, including acquired household members, land transactions, and their valuation.

The attested uses chiefly concern an acquisition in a legal or property setting, including the documents associated with a land transaction. The same term also marks household members obtained with silver and the amount or valuation connected with an acquisition.

1. Property acquisition and its legal record · dominant

   In Genesis 23:18 the APB renders the clause as property passing to Abraham “as a purchase.” In Jeremiah 32:11, Jeremiah 32:12, Jeremiah 32:14, and Jeremiah 32:16, the absolute noun occurs in clauses about taking, giving, and storing a sealed and open deed for the transaction.

   Genesis 23:18Jeremiah 32:11Jeremiah 32:12Jeremiah 32:14Jeremiah 32:16
2. Household member obtained with silver · common

   In Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, and Genesis 17:27, the construct noun distinguishes those bought with silver from those born in the house in the circumcision clauses. Exodus 12:44 likewise places the construct form with a servant and silver before the instruction about circumcision.

   Exodus 12:44Genesis 17:12Genesis 17:13Genesis 17:23Genesis 17:27
3. Amount or valuation of an acquisition · occasional

   Leviticus 25:16 sets the term in a calculation increased or diminished according to the number of years and produce. Leviticus 25:51 connects repayment of redemption with silver, while Leviticus 27:22 concerns a field that the APB describes as having been acquired rather than inherited.

   Leviticus 25:16Leviticus 25:51Leviticus 27:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “purchase” language: persons are described as bought with silver, property passes “as a purchase,” and Jeremiah's documents are called a “deed of purchase.” These renderings confirm the transaction setting without fixing an English equivalent in every clause.