מְכֵרָה (mĕkērâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning sword. It appears 1 time in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4380).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 968b)

Root family 968: כוּר kûr — II, bore, dig, hew (meaning dubious). Occurs only in Ps 22:16 [H 17], and there with a medial aleph, kāʾărû in some few mss. The lxx also has a verb orussō dig, for the MT kaʾărî. The verb in Ps 22:10 [H 17] may be an hapax kāʾar. The meaning “dig, wound, pierce” would derive from the context and lxx

• מְכֹרָה mĕkōrâ — origin

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