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title: מַעַר — bare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעַר (4626), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bare. BDB 1906: bare, naked place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעַר

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«מַעַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bare** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4626 · **BDB:** מַעֲרֶה

### Glosses

nakedness (1); to.the.clear.space (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4626/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bare, naked place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4626/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bare, naked place (hence Μαραθών, Marathon, according to LewyFremdw. 144);— bare place, or space: cstr. מִמַּעֲרֵה־גָ֑בַע Ju 20:33 bare (open) space of Gebaʿ (si vera l.; but v. ii. מַעֲרָב); כְּמַעַר־אִישׁ 1 K 7:36 according to the clear space on each (plate, v. לוּחַ). sf. מַעְרֵךְ Na 3:5 fig. of Nineveh (pudenda exposed in shameful punishment; cf. עֶרְוָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4626/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 7:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.36/)

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וַיְפַתַּ֤ח עַל־הַלֻּחֹת֙ יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ וְעַל֙ מִסְגְּרֹתֶ֔יהָ כְּרוּבִ֖ים אֲרָי֣וֹת וְתִמֹרֹ֑ת כְּמַֽעַר־אִ֥ישׁ וְלֹי֖וֹת סָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* and he.engraved on the plates hands its and on rims its cherubim lions and palm.trees according to.the.clear.space of.each and wreaths \[were\].all.around

*JPS 1917:* And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.

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[Nahum 3:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.5/)

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הִנְנִ֣י אֵלַ֗יִךְ נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְגִלֵּיתִ֥י שׁוּלַ֖יִךְ עַל־פָּנָ֑יִךְ וְהַרְאֵיתִ֤י גוֹיִם֙ מַעְרֵ֔ךְ וּמַמְלָכ֖וֹת קְלוֹנֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* here I \[am\].against you the.utterance of.Yahweh of.hosts and I.will.uncover of.your.robe the.skirts over face your and I.will.show nations nakedness your and kingdoms shame your

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

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