מִכְמֶרֶת
michmeret · fishing net
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4365 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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michmeret (מִכְמֶרֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fishing net”.
A fishing net.
How to say it
mich·me·ret
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
- A net of woven cords with which fishermen pull fish from the water.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- dragnet ×2
- net ×1
Where it appears
- Isaiah 19:8
And the fishermen will moan, and all who cast a hook in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread a net on the surface of the waters will languish.
- Habakkuk 1:15
All of them he brings up with a hook; he drags them in his net and gathers them in his dragnet; therefore he rejoices and exults.
- Habakkuk 1:16
Therefore he sacrifices to his net and offers up in smoke to his dragnet, for by them his portion is rich and his food fat.