1. purchase, acquisition, purchase price — Feminine noun denoting an act of purchase, acquisition, or the price paid for a purchase. Used in several closely related ways: (1) the act of purchasing, as in Abraham's purchase of the cave of Machpelah (Gen 23:18 'as a purchase') and Jeremiah's purchase of the field in Anathoth (Jer 32:11-16 'the purchase' / 'deed of purchase'); (2) a person acquired by purchase, i.e. a bought slave (Gen 17:12-27 'bought with money'; Ex 12:44 'purchase of a man'); (3) the purchase price or cost of redemption in Levitical law (Lev 25:16,51 'its/his purchase price'; Lev 27:22). Multilingual glosses confirm the unified field: arb shirāʾ/mushtarā (purchase/bought), deu Kauf/Erkaufte (purchase/purchased one), spa compra/comprado/precio, hin kharīd (purchase). All represent a single semantic concept of commercial acquisition. 15×
AR["الشِّرَاءِ","شِرَاءَهُ","شِرَائِهِ","لِـ-مِلْكٍ","مُشْتَرَى","مِشْتَرَى","وَ-مُشْتَرَى","وَ-مُشْتَرَى-"]·ben["-ক্রয়ের","এবং-ক্রয়কৃত","এবং-ক্রয়কৃত-","কেনা-","ক্রয়-হিসাবে","ক্রয়কৃত","তার-কেনা,","তার-ক্রয়ের।","তার-দাম,","তার-দাম;"]·DE["Erkauften","der-Kauf","purchase-von-","sein-purchase","sein-purchase-Preis","und-der-Erkaufte","und-der-Erkaufte-","und-die-Erkauften-","zum-Besitz"]·EN["and-bought-with","as-a-purchase","bought-with","his-purchase","his-purchase-price","its-purchase-price","purchase-of-","the-purchase"]·FR["acheta-avec","comme-un-purchase","et-acheta-avec","l’acquisition","purchase-de-","son-purchase","son-purchase-prix"]·heb["ה-מקנה","ו-מקנת","ל-מקנה","מקנת","מקנתו"]·HI["इसका-दाम","उसकी-खरीद-का","उसकी-खरीद-की","और-खरिद","और-खरिद-","खरिद","खरीद-का","खरीदा","ख़रीद-के-लिए"]·ID["dan-yang-dibeli","dan-yang-dibeli-","harga-belinya","pembelian","pembeliannya","sebagai-pembelian","yang-dibeli","yang-dibeli-","yang-dibelinya"]·IT["acquisto","come-un-purchase","comprò-con","e-comprò-con","purchase-di-","suo-purchase","suo-purchase-prezzo"]·jav["lan-tumbasan","lan-tumbasan-","minangka-tumbasan","regining-tumbas-ipun","regining-tumbas-ipun,","regining-tumbas-ipun.","tumbas","tumbasan","tumbasan-","tumbasan-ipun"]·KO["그-구매의","그것의-값을","그리고-산","그리고-산-","그의-값의","그의-산-것의","산","산-것","위한-소유"]·PT["a-compra","compra-de-","comprados-de","e-comprado-de","e-comprado-de-","para-compra","sua-compra"]·RU["во-владение","и-купленные","и-купленный","купленное-его","купленный-за-","купленных","купли","покупки-его","покупку-его"]·ES["como-compra","compra-de-","comprados-de","la-compra","su-compra","su-precio","y-comprado-de","y-comprado-por"]·SW["aliyenunuliwa-","bei-yake","kununuliwa-kwake","mwenye-mali","na-aliyenunuliwa-kwa","ununuzi","ununuzi-wake","walionunuliwa-kwa"]·TR["fiyatını","mülk-olarak","satın-almanın","satın-alınan-","satın-alınanın","satın-alınmasının","satın-alınmışları","ve-satın-alınmış","ve-satın-alınmış-"]·urd["اور-خریدا","خرید-کے","خرید-کے-طور-پر","خریدا-ہوا","خریدی-ہوئی-اُس-کی","خریدے-ہوئے","قیمت-اُس-کی","قیمت-اُس-کے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מִקְנָה n.f. purchase;—abs. מ׳ Gn 23:18 +; cstr. מִקְנַת Gn 17:12 +; sf. מִקְנָתוֹ Lv 25:16 +;— 1. purchase, מִקְנַת כֶּסֶף Gn 17:12, 13, 23, 27; Ex 12:44 (all P); סֵפֶר הַמּ׳ document of purchase Je 32:11, 12(×2), 14, 16. 2. 2, Lv 25:16(×2), 51; 27:22 (P). 3. possession (gained by purchase), לְמִקְנָה Gn 23:18 (P).