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title: מְאֵרָה — a curse · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְאֵרָה (3994), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: a curse. BDB 1906: n.f. curse. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְאֵרָה

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«מְאֵרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a curse** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 3994 · **BDB:** מְאֵרָה

### Glosses

curse (3); of.curses (1); the.curse (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a curse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3994/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. curse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3994/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a curse Dt 28:20 Mal 2:2; 3:9; cstr. מְאֵרַת Pr 3:33; pl. מְאֵרוֹת Pr 28:27.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְאֵרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/3994/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 3:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.3.33/)

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מְאֵרַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה בְּבֵ֣ית רָשָׁ֑ע וּנְוֵ֖ה צַדִּיקִ֣ים יְבָרֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the.curse of.Yahweh \[is\].on.\[the\] house of.\[the\].wicked and.\[the\] habitation of.righteous.\[people\] he.blesses

*JPS 1917:* The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

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[Proverbs 28:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.28.27/)

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נוֹתֵ֣ן לָ֭רָשׁ אֵ֣ין מַחְס֑וֹר וּמַעְלִ֥ים עֵ֝ינָ֗יו רַב־מְאֵרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].gives to the poor there.\[is\].not lack and \[one.who\].hides eyes his \[is\].great of.curses

*JPS 1917:* He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

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