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title: מָרוֹת — Maroth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָרוֹת (4796), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Maroth. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָרוֹת

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«מָרוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Maroth** — 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:** 4796 · **BDB:** מָרוֹת

### Glosses

of.Maroth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Maroth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4796/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4796/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in (Shephelah of) Judah Mi 1:12; form attested by 𝔊 ὀδύνας (√ מרר).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָרוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4796/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Micah 1:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.1.12/)

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כִּֽי־חָ֥לָֽה לְט֖וֹב יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת מָר֑וֹת כִּֽי־יָ֤רַד רָע֙ מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְשַׁ֖עַר יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) she.is.in.anguish for good the.inhabitant\[s\] of.Maroth (dm) it.has.come.down calamity from with Yahweh to the.gate of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good; because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

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