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title: מָרוֹם — height · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָרוֹם (4791), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 54 times: height. BDB 1906: n.m. height. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָרוֹם

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«מָרוֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **height** — 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:** 54 times · **Key:** 4791 · **BDB:** מָרוֹם²

### Glosses

a.high.place (12); height (8); the.height (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4791/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. height [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4791/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ec 10:6 height (poet.);—abs. מ׳ Mi 6:6 +; cstr. מְרוֹם 2 K 19:23 +; pl. מְרוֹמִים Is 33:16 +; cstr. מְרוֹמֵי Ju 5:18; sf. מְרוֹמָיו Jb 25:2;— height, elevation (concr.), elevated place: מְרוֹמֵי שָׂדֶה Ju 5:18, בְּרֹאשׁ מְרֹמִים Pr 8:2; מְרוֹם שִׁבְתּוֹ Ob 3 (cf. Now), מְרוֹם גִּבְעָה in ‖ Je 49:16; מ׳ הָרִים top of mts. 2 K 19:23 = Is 37:24a, מ׳ קִצּוֹ v 24 b; מ׳ עֻזָּהּ Je 51:53 (of Bab.); city Pr 9:14; Zion, מ׳ Je 17:12, מ׳ צִיּוֹן 31:12, בְּהַר מ׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ez 17:23; 20:40, בְּהָרֵי מ׳ יִשׂ׳ 34:14; indef., Hb 2:9 (in fig.), לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמ׳ Jb 5:11; מיכִּרַ בַּמְּרוֹמִים Ec 10:6 (of high office, rank; opp. שֵׁפֶל); ישְׁבֵי מָרוֹם Is 26:5, i.e. in (supposed) security, cf. מְרוֹמִים יִשְׁכֹּן 33:16 (‖ מְצָרוֹת סְלָעִים); לַמּ׳ on high (Germ. in die Höhe) ψ 75:6, so בַּמּ׳ Jb 39:18, adv.=in a high place Is 22:16. מ׳ alone = height of heaven: אֱלֹהֵי מָרוֹם Mi 6:6; 2 S 22:17 = ψ 18:17; Is 24:21(×2); 32:15; 57:15; 58:4; La 1:13; ψ 7:8; 68:19; 71:19; 93:4; 144:7, pl. Jb 25:2; ‖ שָׁמַיִם, מ׳ קָדְשׁוֹ ψ 102:20, מְרוֹמִים Jb 16:19 ψ 148:1; ‖ מְעוֹן קָדְשׁוֹ Je 25:30, ‖ מָ֑עַל Jb 31:2 (pl.), opp. מוֹסְדֵי אֶרֶץ Is 24:18; as pred. of י׳ ψ 92:9 cf. 10:5; as adv. (i.e. in heaven) 2 K 19:22 Is 33:5; 37:23; 40:26; לַּמּ׳ towards heaven Is 38:14; ψ 68:19; בַּמּ׳ Is 24:21, מִמּ׳ ψ 73:8 they speak (as if) from the sky, from heaven (i.e. so arrogantly). מ׳ adv. 2 S 22:17 = ψ 18:17 fig., = proudly ψ 56:3 (so Gei Hup-Now al., cf. Che, but dub.), Bae in high station; Du reads מַריוֹם (יוֹם to v4; as dittogr.?). fig. of nobles (coll.) מְרוֹם עַם־הָאָרֶץ Is 24:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 51 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָרוֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4791/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 92:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.92.9/)

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וְאַתָּ֥ה מָר֗וֹם לְעֹלָ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you \[are\].height forever of.perpetuity O.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* But Thou, O LORD, art on high for evermore.

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[Proverbs 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.2/)

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בְּרֹאשׁ־מְרוֹמִ֥ים עֲלֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ בֵּ֖ית נְתִיב֣וֹת נִצָּֽבָה׃

*Word for word:* at.\[the\] top of.\[the\].heights on \[the\].way between \[the\].pathways she.stations.herself

*JPS 1917:* In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;

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