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title: מֹר — myrrh · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹר (4753), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: myrrh. BDB 1906: n.m. myrrh. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹר

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«מֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **myrrh** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 4753 · **BDB:** מֹר

### Glosses

myrrh (10); \[are\].myrrh (1); of.myrrh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

myrrh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4753/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. myrrh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4753/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ct 5:5 myrrh (from bitter taste; Assyrian murru MeissnSuppl. 60; Arabic مُرٌّ; cf. LagBN 40);—abs. מֹר ψ 45:9 + 5 times, מוֹר Ct 4:6 + 3 times Ct; cstr. מָר־ Ex 30:23; sf. מוֹרִי Ct 5:1;—myrrh (late), an Arabian gum, exuding from the bark of a tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (v. Sigismund Aromata 12 f. RiHWB s. v.):—as flowing, i.e. fine, choice (carefully prepared by pressing and mixing, cf. Di Ex 30:23 RiHWB): מָר־דְּרוֹר Ex 30:23 (v. i. דְּרוֹר), ingredient of sacred oil; מוֹר עֹבֵר Ct 5:5, 13 (as perfume); cf. (as perfume) Ct 1:13; 4:14; 5:1, 5; הַר־הַמּוֹר 4:6, i.e. where it is gathered; as perfume also ψ 45:9 Pr 7:17, as incense מְקֻטֶּרֶת מֹר וּלְבֹנָה Ct 3:6; שֶׁמֶן הַמּוֹר as unguent Est 2:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4753/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.17/)

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נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* I.have.sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon

*JPS 1917:* I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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[Song of Songs 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.13/)

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צְר֨וֹר הַמֹּ֤ר ׀ דּוֹדִי֙ לִ֔י בֵּ֥ין שָׁדַ֖י יָלִֽין׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].(the).bag of.(the) myrrh lover my to me between breasts my it.lodges

*JPS 1917:* My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.

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