H4728 H4728
wares, merchandise, goods bought and sold in trade
This word means wares or merchandise—goods offered for sale in trade or commerce. It appears in Nehemiah 10:31, where the returned exiles pledge not to buy 'the wares' from foreign peoples on the Sabbath or holy days. The term derives from the root 'to take/receive', suggesting goods received in trade. It represents commercial vocabulary, the everyday items bought and sold in markets. The covenant commitment prioritizes Sabbath observance over economic opportunity.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Merchandise or trade goods, the wares brought by foreign merchants for sale. Nehemiah's community pledges to refuse purchasing these goods on sacred days, even if it means economic loss. The term encompasses the full range of market items—food, tools, textiles—anything offered for sale. Translations consistently render this as 'wares' or 'merchandise'. 1×
AR["ال-بَضَائِعَ"]·ben["পণ্য"]·DE["[המקחות]"]·EN["the-wares"]·FR["[המקחות]"]·heb["ה-מקחות"]·HI["सामान"]·ID["barang-barang-dagangan"]·IT["[המקחות]"]·jav["dagangan-dagangan"]·KO["그-물품들과"]·PT["as-mercadorias"]·RU["товары"]·ES["las-mercancías"]·SW["bidhaa"]·TR["malları"]·urd["سامان"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מַקָּחָה] n.f. ware (proposes thing received, sc. in trade; cf. לָקַח in NH); only pl. הַמַּקָּחוֹת Ne 10:32 (their) wares.