4746. meqareh
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meqareh: Roof, beams, rafters

Original Word: מְקָרֶה
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mqareh
Pronunciation: meh-kaw-reh'
Phonetic Spelling: (mek-aw-reh')
KJV: building
NASB: rafters
Word Origin: [from H7136 (קָרָה - To encounter)]

1. (properly) something meeting, i.e. a frame (of timbers)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
building

From qarah; properly, something meeting, i.e. A frame (of timbers) -- building.

see HEBREW qarah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from qarah
Definition
beam work
NASB Translation
rafters (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מְקָרֶה noun [masculine] beam-work; — Ecclesiastes 10:13.

Forms and Transliterations
הַמְּקָרֶ֑ה המקרה ham·mə·qā·reh hammekaReh hamməqāreh
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Englishman's Concordance
Ecclesiastes 10:18
HEB: בַּעֲצַלְתַּ֖יִם יִמַּ֣ךְ הַמְּקָרֶ֑ה וּבְשִׁפְל֥וּת יָדַ֖יִם
NAS: Through indolence the rafters sag,
KJV: By much slothfulness the building decayeth;
INT: indolence sag the rafters idleness of the hands

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 4746
1 Occurrence


ham·mə·qā·reh — 1 Occ.

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