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title: מֶרֶד — rebellion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶרֶד (4777), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: rebellion. BDB 1906: rebellion, revolt. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶרֶד

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«מֶרֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rebellion** — 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:** 4777 · **BDB:** מֶ֫רֶד

### Glosses

rebellion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rebellion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4777/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

rebellion, revolt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4777/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] rebellion, revolt, against י׳, אִם בְּמ׳ וְאִם־בְּמַעַל ביהוה Jos 22:22 (P; cf. מָרַד 2).

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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 (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶרֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4777/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 22:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.22.22/)

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אֵל֩ ׀ אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ יְהוָ֜ה אֵ֣ל ׀ אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ יְהוָה֙ ה֣וּא יֹדֵ֔עַ וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ה֣וּא יֵדָ֑ע אִם־בְּמֶ֤רֶד וְאִם־בְּמַ֙עַל֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה אַל־תּוֹשִׁיעֵ֖נוּ הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* El God Yahweh El God Yahweh he \[is\].knowing and Israel it let.it.know if in rebellion and if in unfaithfulness on Yahweh do.not save us the day (the) this

*JPS 1917:* 'God, God, the LORD, God, God, the LORD, He knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in treachery against the LORD — save Thou us not this day —

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