מִכְמֶרֶתmikmereth

מִכְמֶ֫רֶת: net, fishing-net (Habakkuk 1:15; Habakkuk 1:16)

Pronunciation: mik-meh'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4365

Meanings

מִכְמֹ֫רֶת: id. (Isaiah 19:8)

Same root

מַכְמָרmakmâr · H4364a (hunter's) net (as dark from concealment)

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

Isaiah 19:8 The fishermen will lament for lack of work. Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan, and those who use nets will lose heart.
Habakkuk 1:15 Must we be strung up on their hooks and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?
Habakkuk 1:16 Then they will worship their nets and burn incense in front of them. “These nets are the gods who have made us rich!” they will claim.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).