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title: מֶמֶר — bitterness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶמֶר (4470), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bitterness. BDB 1906: bitterness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶמֶר

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«מֶמֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bitterness** — 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:** 4470 · **BDB:** מֶ֫מֶר²

### Glosses

bitterness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bitterness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4470/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bitterness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4470/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bitterness;—מ׳ לְיוֹלַדְתּוֹ Pr 17:25 of a fool-son (‖ כַּעַס לְאָבִיו).

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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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶמֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4470/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 17:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.25/)

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כַּ֣עַס לְ֭אָבִיו בֵּ֣ן כְּסִ֑יל וּ֝מֶ֗מֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].grief to father his a.son a.fool and bitterness to \[the one.who\].bore.him

*JPS 1917:* A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.

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