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title: מֵרוֹם — Merom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵרוֹם (4792), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Merom. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵרוֹם

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«מֵרוֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Merom** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4792 · **BDB:** מֵרוֹם

### Glosses

of.Merom (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Merom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4792/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4792/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. only in מֵי מֵרוֹם Jos 11:5, 7 waters of Merom, in N. Canaan;=Lake Ḥule, according to Rel and many, but dub., cf. Di BädPal. 3. 259 GASmGeogr. 481 BuhlGeogr. 113.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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 «מֵרוֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4792/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.11.5/)

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וַיִּוָּ֣עֲד֔וּ כֹּ֖ל הַמְּלָכִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיַּחֲנ֤וּ יַחְדָּו֙ אֶל־מֵ֣י מֵר֔וֹם לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.gathered all the kings (the) these and they.came and they.encamped together to the.water of.Merom to wage.war with Israel

*JPS 1917:* And all these kings met together, and they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

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[Joshua 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.11.7/)

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וַיָּבֹ֣א יְהוֹשֻׁ֡עַ וְכָל־עַם֩ הַמִּלְחָמָ֨ה עִמּ֧וֹ עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם עַל־מֵ֥י מֵר֖וֹם פִּתְאֹ֑ם וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ בָּהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.came Joshua and all the.people of.(the) war with him on them at the.waters of.Merom suddenly and they.fell on them

*JPS 1917:* So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.

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