STRONGS H4843:
Abbreviations
† I. מָרַר verb be bitter (Late Hebrew
id.; Assyrian
marâru and derivatives Dl
HWB 427; Arabic
become roused (of bile), II.
make bitter, IV.
become bitter;
bitter; Ethiopic
; Aramaic
,
מְרַר); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular מַר Isaiah 38:17 +
2 times;
3rd person feminine singular מָ֫רָה 1 Samuel 30:6;
2 Kings 4:27;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵמַר Isaiah 24:9; —
be bitter:
1. literal יֵמַר שֵׁכָר לְשֹׁתָיו Isaiah 24:9.
2. figurative מָ֫רָה נֶפֶשׁ 1 Samuel 30:6 the soul of all the people was bitter against (עַלֿ); נַפְשָׁהּ מָ֫רָהלָֿהּ 2 Kings 4:27 her soul, it is bitter to her (i.e. she is in bitter distress); impersonal מַרלִֿי מְאֹד מִכֶּם Ruth 1:13 it is very bitter to me on your account (I am much distressed), compare Lamentations 1:4. — לְשָׁלוֺם מַרלִֿי מָ֑ר Isaiah 38:17 is dubious; CheComm. for (my) welfare was it (so) bitter to me, (so) bitter, compare Brd; so De Kau (treating מר apparently as adjective); < Drechsl. Di for my welfare did the bitter become bitter to me (מָ֑ר adjective); Lo Gr, compare Buhl (sub מַר adjective), read מָר for מַר (√ מור), the bitter is changed for me into welfare; CheHpt strike out מָ֑ר; Du (after ) strike out clause as gloss.
Pi. Imperfect 1st person singular אֲמָרֵר Isaiah 22:4;
3rd person masculine plural וַיְמָֽרֲרוּ Exodus 1:14, suffix
וַיְמָֽרֲרֻהוּ Genesis 49:23; —
make bitter, shew bitterness: —
1. וַיְמ׳ Genesis 49:23 (poem) and the archers shewed bitterness (i.e. bitter hostility) toward him (suffix of indirect object); אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּכִ֑י Isaiah 22:4 I will shew bitterness in weeping (= weep bitterly).
2. אֶתחַֿיֵּיהֶם וַיְמ׳ Exodus 1:14 (P) and they made their lives bitter by slavery.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵמַר Ruth 1:20;
Job 27:2;
Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תַּמֵּר Exodus 23:21 (but read
תֶּ֫מֶר √
מרה Hiph. which see);
Infinitive absolute הָמֵר Zechariah 12:10 (twice in verse); —
make bitter, shew bitterness:
1. שַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִׁי Job 27:2 Shadday, who hath embittered my soul; הֵמַר שַׁדַּי לִי מְאֹד Ruth 1:20.
2. וְהָמֵר עָלָיו כְּהָמֵר עַלהַֿבְּכוֺר Zechariah 12:10 and a bitter outcry (= literally shewing bitterness; || מִסְפֵּד, סָפַד) over him, like a bitter outcry over the first-born.
Hithpalp. Imperfect וְיִתְמַרְמַר Daniel 11:11 and the king of the south
shall embitter himself (be enraged);
אֶלֿ וַיִּתְמ׳ Daniel 8:7 and he was enraged against.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
49:23; 49:23
Exodus
1:14; 1:14; 23:21
Ruth
1:13; 1:20; 1:20
1 Samuel
30:6; 30:6
2 Kings
4:27; 4:27
Job
27:2; 27:2
Isaiah
22:4; 22:4; 24:9; 24:9; 38:17; 38:17
Lamentations
1:4
Daniel
8:7; 11:11
Zechariah
12:10; 12:10