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title: מִרְזַח — cry · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִרְזַח (4798), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cry. BDB 1906: n.m. cry. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִרְזַח

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«מִרְזַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cry** — 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:** 4798 · **BDB:** מַרְזֵחַ²

### Glosses

\[the\].revelry (1); of.mourning (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4798/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4798/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Am 6:7 cry (𝔗 מַרְוְחָא mourning-feast; Ph. מרזח a rel. festival (\> usually a month), cf. Palm., ClGann Littm, v. GACookeInscr. 95. 121 f. 303 LzbEphem. i. 47 f. 343 f., ii. 281);— mourning cry (or feast? Talm. מַרְזֵיחָא), abs. בֵּית מ׳ Je 16:5 i.e. house of mourning (‖ ספד, נוד). cry of revelry, cstr. מִרְוַח סְרוּחִים Am 6:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «מִרְזַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4798/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.6.7/)

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לָכֵ֛ן עַתָּ֥ה יִגְל֖וּ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ גֹּלִ֑ים וְסָ֖ר מִרְזַ֥ח סְרוּחִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* therefore now they.will.go.into.exile at.\[the\] head of.\[those.who\].go.into.exile and it.will.come.to.an.end \[the\].revelry of.sprawled.out.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* Therefore now shall they go captive at the head of them that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.

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[Jeremiah 16:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.16.5/)

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כִּֽי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אַל־תָּבוֹא֙ בֵּ֣ית מַרְזֵ֔חַ וְאַל־תֵּלֵ֣ךְ לִסְפּ֔וֹד וְאַל־תָּנֹ֖ד לָהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־אָסַ֨פְתִּי אֶת־שְׁלוֹמִ֜י מֵאֵ֨ת הָעָ֤ם־הַזֶּה֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־הַחֶ֖סֶד וְאֶת־הָֽרַחֲמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.says Yahweh do.not enter a.house of.mourning and do.not go to lament and do.not show.sympathy to them (dm) I.have.withdrawn (et) peace my from with the people (the) this the.utterance of.Yahweh (et) the.covenant loyalty and (et) (the) compassion(s)

*JPS 1917:* For thus saith the LORD: Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away My peace from this people, saith the LORD, even mercy and compassion.

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