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title: מָרַט — make smooth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָרַט (4803), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: make smooth. BDB 1906: vb. make smooth, bare, bald; scour, polish Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָרַט

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«מָרַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make smooth** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 4803 · **BDB:** מָרַט

### Glosses

I (2); \[it.is\].polished (2); it.has.been.polished (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make smooth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4803/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. make smooth, bare, bald; scour, polish Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4803/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. make smooth, bare, bald; scour, polish (NH id.; pull out, off (feathers, hair); Aramaic ܡܪܰܛ, מְרַט id.; Arabic مَرِطَ have little hair, مَرَطَ pluck out hair);— Impf. i s. וָאֶמְרְטָה Ezr 9:3, sf. 3 mpl. וָאֶמְרְטֵם Ne 13:25; Inf. cstr. מָרְטָה Ez 21:16; Pt. pl. מֹרְטִים Is 50:6; pass. f. מְרוּטָה Ez 21:14 + 2 times;— make bare כָּל־כָּתֵף מְרוּטָה Ez 29:18 every shoulder is laid bare (from chafing of burden; ‖ כָּל־רֹאשׁ מֻקְרָח); the cheek (by plucking out beard) גֵּוִי נָתַתִּי לְמַכִּים וּלְחָיַי לְמֹרְטִ֑ים Is 50:6; c. acc. pers. וָאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם Ne 13:25 (both acts of violence); of hair and beard וָאֶמְרְטָה מִשְּׂעַר רֹאשִׁי וּזְקָנִי Ezr 9:3 (sign of grief). scour, polish, a sword, only Ez 21: v 14 (+ הוּחַדָּה; Co reads מ׳ as Pu), v 16 (del. Co), v 33, + v 20 מְרֻטָה for MT מְעֻטָּה (Ew Sm Co Berthol). Impf. יִמָּרֵט רֹאשׁוֹ Lv 13:40, 41 his head is made bald (by leprosy). Pf. 3 fs. מֹרָ֑טָּה Ez 21:15, 16; Pt. מְמֹרָט 1 K 7:45, מוֹרָט Is 18:2, 7 (Ges§ 52 s):—scoured, polished, of bronze utensils of temple 1 K 7:45; of human skin Is 18:2, 7; of sword Ez 21:15, 16 (both + הוּחַדָּה, v. Qal supr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָרַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4803/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 13:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.40/)

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וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּ֥י יִמָּרֵ֖ט רֹאשׁ֑וֹ קֵרֵ֥חַ ה֖וּא טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and anyone (dm) it.will.become.bare head his \[is\].bald he \[is\].pure he

*JPS 1917:* And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.

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[Leviticus 13:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.41/)

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וְאִם֙ מִפְּאַ֣ת פָּנָ֔יו יִמָּרֵ֖ט רֹאשׁ֑וֹ גִּבֵּ֥חַ ה֖וּא טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and if from the.side his.face his it.will.become.bare head his \[is\].bald he \[is\].pure he

*JPS 1917:* And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead-bald; yet is he clean.

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