Jastrow: מִקָּח

מִקָּח m. (b. h.; לָקַח) 1) taking. Ab. IV, 22 מִקַּח שוחד bribe-taking. Pes. IX, 5 מִקְּחוֹ מבעשור it must be selected (designated) on the tenth day of the month (Ex. XII, 3). —2) (traditional pronunc.) מֶקַח buying, purchase, bargain. Ib. 112ᵇ אל תעמוד על המ׳ וכ׳ do not stand bargaining when you have no money. B. Mets. IV, 3 שתות למ׳ if the overcharge amounts to one sixth of the price paid. Ib. 50ᵃ תן לי מִקְחִי give me back my goods. Ib. 50ᵇ ביטול מ׳ annulment of the bargain. Ib. 51ᵃ לוקח מקחו בידו the purchaser has his purchase in his possession (and can show it to his friends to have it valued); a. v. fr.—אבן המ׳ auction-stone for slaves. Sifra B’har ch. VII, Par. 6 (Yalk. Lev. 667 הלקח), v. סִימְטָא I.—מ׳ וממכר, v. מִמְכָּר.