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title: מֵרוֹץ — running · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵרוֹץ (4793), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: running. BDB 1906: running; race. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵרוֹץ

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«מֵרוֹץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **running** — 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:** 4793 · **BDB:** מֵרוֹץ²

### Glosses

race (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

running [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4793/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

running; race [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4793/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] running; race;—abs. Ec 9:11.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵרוֹץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4793/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 9:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.9.11/)

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שַׁ֜בְתִּי וְרָאֹ֣ה תַֽחַת־הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ כִּ֣י לֹא֩ לַקַּלִּ֨ים הַמֵּר֜וֹץ וְלֹ֧א לַגִּבּוֹרִ֣ים הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה וְ֠גַם לֹ֣א לַחֲכָמִ֥ים לֶ֙חֶם֙ וְגַ֨ם לֹ֤א לַנְּבֹנִים֙ עֹ֔שֶׁר וְגַ֛ם לֹ֥א לַיֹּדְעִ֖ים חֵ֑ן כִּי־עֵ֥ת וָפֶ֖גַע יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת־כֻּלָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* I.returned and I.saw under the sun (dm).that not \[belongs\].to the.swift \[ones\] the race and not \[belongs\].to the.mighty \[men\] the battle and also not \[belongs\].to wise \[people\] food and also not \[belongs\].to \[one who\].has.understanding wealth and also not \[belongs\].to \[one who\].has.knowledge favor (dm) time and chance it.happens.to (et) of.them all

*JPS 1917:* I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

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