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miqreh מִקְרֶה ‘accident’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from qārā קָרָה ‘to meet / to lay beams’
Roots: קרה

miqreh n, m
1) unforeseen meeting or event, accident, happening, chance, fortune
 1a) accident, chance
 1b) fortune, fate

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 6:9, 20:26 Ruth 2:3 Ecclesiastes 3:19, 9:3, 2:15, 2:14, 9:2

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Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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