מְכֵרָה
mechera · swords?
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4380 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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mechera (מְכֵרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “swords?”.
A word found only in Genesis 49:5, of uncertain sense: probably swords or knives.
How to say it
me·che·ra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Weapons for killing; the exact sense of the word is uncertain.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Genesis 49:5
Simeon and Levi are brothers; weapons of violence are their swords.