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title: מְרַד — rebellion · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מְרַד (lemma:מְרַד), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: rebellion. BDB 1906: rebellion. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרַד

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«מְרַד» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **rebellion** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מְרַד · **BDB:** מְרַד

### Glosses

rebellion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rebellion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e8_5b7_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

rebellion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e8_5b7_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] rebellion (v. BH);—abs. מ׳ Ezr 4:19.

### Jastrow 1903

מְרַד: to rebel, run away Hithpa. to rule to become rebellious, run away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e8_5b7_5d3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** \= h. מָרַד I, to rebel, run away. Targ. I Kings XV, 27 (h. text קשר). Targ. II Kings IX, 14 (ed. Wil. מריד; h. text קשר Hithpa.). Targ. Jer. VIII, 5 למִמְרַד מן ed. Lag. (ed. למרד) to run away from (desert); a. fr.—Ber. 44ᵃ עד דמריד until he ran away (bewildered). cmp. מֶרֶד II a. רָדָה) to rule. Targ. Lam. I, 7. to become rebellious, run away. Keth. 63ᵇ אִימְּרִידָא Rashi (ed. אִימְרְדָה, Alf. אִימְרְדָא) ran away (from her husband). B. Mets. 84ᵇ אימרדה אזלה וכ׳ (Ms. M. אימרי׳, v. מְרִי) she ran away and went to her paternal home.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e8_5b7_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.19/)

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וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒ וּבַקַּ֣רוּ וְהַשְׁכַּ֔חוּ דִּ֚י קִרְיְתָ֣א דָ֔ךְ מִן־יוֹמָת֙ עָֽלְמָ֔א עַל־מַלְכִ֖ין מִֽתְנַשְּׂאָ֑ה וּמְרַ֥ד וְאֶשְׁתַּדּ֖וּר מִתְעֲבֶד־בַּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and from me it.was.made a.decree and they.searched and they.found (diy).that the city this from the.days of.(the) antiquity against kings \[was\].rising.up and rebellion and revolt \[have\].been.done by it

*JPS 1917:* And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.

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