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title: מֵרָב — Merab · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵרָב (4764), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Merab. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵרָב

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«מֵרָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Merab** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4764 · **BDB:** מֵרַב

### Glosses

Merab (2); \[was\].Merab (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Merab [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4764/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4764/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. elder daughter of Saul 1 S 14:49, promised to David 18:17, but given to Adriel v 19 (read also 2 S 21:8 for מִיכַל 𝔊L 𝔖 Th Dr Klo Kit Bu Löhr HPS). 𝔊 Μεροβ.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵרָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4764/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 18:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.18.19/)

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וַיְהִ֗י בְּעֵ֥ת תֵּ֛ת אֶת־מֵרַ֥ב בַּת־שָׁא֖וּל לְדָוִ֑ד וְהִ֧יא נִתְּנָ֛ה לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל הַמְּחֹלָתִ֖י לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was at the.time gave (et) Merab the.daughter of.Saul to David and she she.was.given to Adriel the Meholathite to a.wife

*JPS 1917:* But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

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[1 Samuel 14:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.49/)

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וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל יוֹנָתָ֥ן וְיִשְׁוִ֖י וּמַלְכִּי־שׁ֑וּעַמַלְכִּי־שׁ֑וּעַ וְשֵׁם֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י בְנֹתָ֔יו שֵׁ֤ם הַבְּכִירָה֙ מֵרַ֔ב וְשֵׁ֥ם הַקְּטַנָּ֖ה מִיכַֽל׃

*Word for word:* and they.were the.sons of.Saul Jonathan and Ishvi and Malki-Shua Malki-Shua and the.name of.the.two daughters his the.name of the.firstborn \[was\].Merab and the.name of the.young.\[one\] \[was\].Michal

*JPS 1917:* Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal;

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