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title: מָרַח — rub · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָרַח (4799), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: rub. BDB 1906: vb. rub. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָרַח

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«מָרַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rub** — 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:** 4799 · **BDB:** מָרַח

### Glosses

let.them.rub.\[it\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rub [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4799/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rub [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4799/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rub (NH id.; Aramaic (Talm.) מְרַח; cf. Arabic مَرَخَ anoint, smear);— Impf. יִשְׂאוּ דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים וְיִמְרְחוּ עַל־הַשְּׁחִין Is 38:21 let them take a cake of figs and rub it upon the eruption (שִׂים in ‖ 2 K 20:7).—On מרוח v. supr.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָרַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4799/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 38:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.21/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ יִשְׂא֖וּ דְּבֶ֣לֶת תְּאֵנִ֑ים וְיִמְרְח֥וּ עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִ֖ין וְיֶֽחִי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Isaiah let.them.take a.cake of.figs and let.them.rub.\[it\] on the boil so that.he.may.live

*JPS 1917:* And Isaiah said: 'Let them take a cake of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover.'

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