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title: מְרוּקִים — a scraping · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרוּקִים (4795), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a scraping. BDB 1906: scraping, rubbing. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרוּקִים

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«מְרוּקִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a scraping** — 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:** 4795 · **BDB:** מָרוּק

### Glosses

their.rubbings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a scraping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4795/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

scraping, rubbing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4795/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (Köii. 138) n.\[m.\] a scraping, rubbing;—only pl. sf. יְמֵי מְרוּקֵיהֶן Est 2:12 lit. the days of their (bodily) rubbings, i.e. the year’s preparation of girls for the harem.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרוּקִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4795/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.2.12/)

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וּבְהַגִּ֡יעַ תֹּר֩ נַעֲרָ֨ה וְנַעֲרָ֜ה לָב֣וֹא ׀ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ מִקֵּץ֩ הֱי֨וֹת לָ֜הּ כְּדָ֤ת הַנָּשִׁים֙ שְׁנֵ֣ים עָשָׂ֣ר חֹ֔דֶשׁ כִּ֛י כֵּ֥ן יִמְלְא֖וּ יְמֵ֣י מְרוּקֵיהֶ֑ן שִׁשָּׁ֤ה חֳדָשִׁים֙ בְּשֶׁ֣מֶן הַמֹּ֔ר וְשִׁשָּׁ֤ה חֳדָשִׁים֙ בַּבְּשָׂמִ֔ים וּבְתַמְרוּקֵ֖י הַנָּשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* and when arrived \[the\].turn of.a.young.woman and a.young.woman to go to the king Ahasuerus from.\[the\] end of.being for her according to.the.regulation of the.women two.plus ten month\[s\] (dm) thus they.were.completed the.days their.rubbings their six months with the.oil of.(the) myrrh and six months with.(the) balsam oil and with the.cleansings of.(the) women

*JPS 1917:* Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women, twelve months — for so were the days of their anointing accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six month with sweet odours, and with other ointments of the women —

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