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title: מׇרָּה — bitterness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מׇרָּה (4787), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bitterness. BDB 1906: n.f. bitterness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מׇרָּה

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«מׇרָּה» 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:** 4787 · **BDB:** מָרָּה

### Glosses

the.bitterness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bitterness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4787/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. bitterness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4787/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. bitterness (on form v. Ges§ 22, 5 R);—cstr. לֵב יוֹדֵעַ מָרַּת נַפְשׁוֹ Pr 14:10 the heart knoweth the bitterness of its soul (its own misery).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מׇרָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4787/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 14:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.10/)

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לֵ֗ב י֭וֹדֵעַ מָרַּ֣ת נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וּ֝בְשִׂמְחָת֗וֹ לֹא־יִתְעָ֥רַב זָֽר׃

*Word for word:* a.heart \[is\].knowing the.bitterness its.own.self his and in joy its not he.shares a.stranger

*JPS 1917:* The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.

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