Jastrow: סְחוֹרָה

סְחוֹרָה f. h. (b. h.) same, traffic; goods. Pesik. R. s. 10 (play on סהר, Cant. VII, 3) בשעה … הס׳ והשכר היו בעולם when they (the Sanhedrin) were in session, there were traffic and profit in the world. Ab. II, 5 לא כל המרבה בס׳ מחכים not every one that has a large trade obtains wisdom. B. Mets. III, 2 כיצד הלה עושה ס׳ וכ׳ how (can this be)? Shall this man traffic with his neighbor’s cow? Sifré Num. 23 שומע אני מסְחוֹרָתוֹ ומרפואתו I might understand, that the Nazarite must abstain from trading in wine or using it as external medicine; Num. R. s. 10. Ab. VI במיעוט ס׳ by contentment with small business; a. fr.