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H8176

שָׁעַר

sha.arH:V

to calculate

1) to split open, reason out, calculate, reckon, estimate 1a) (Qal) to calculate Pr 23:7

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II. שָׁעַר verb calculate, reakon (Late Hebrew Pi`el Jewish-Aramaic Pa`el put a valuation, estimate; Jewish-Aramaic שַׁעֲרָא interest, market-price; Arabic market-price is loan-word Frä189); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular בְּנַפְשׁוֺ כֶּןהֿוּא ׳כְּמוֺשֿׁ Prov 23:7 as he has calculated in his soul, so is he, but dubious: De שֹׁעֵר as one who calculates; more radical conjectures in Bi Toy.

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