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title: מְרִי — rebellion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרִי (4805), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: rebellion. BDB 1906: n.m. rebellion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרִי

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«מְרִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rebellion** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 4805 · **BDB:** מְרִי

### Glosses

rebellion (11); of.rebellion (9); \[are\].rebellious (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rebellion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4805/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. rebellion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4805/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 17:11 rebellion;—מְרִי Is 30:9 + 10 times; מֶ֑רִי Nu 17:25 + 9 times; sf. מֶרְיְךָ Dt 31:27; מִרְיָם Ne 9:17;—rebellion Dt 31:27 1 S 15:23 Ne 9:17 Jb 23:2 עם מרי rebellious people Is 30:9; בית (ה)מרי rebellious house (referring to Israel) Ez 2:5, 6, 8; 3:9, 26, 27; 12:2(×2), 3, 9, 25; 17:12; 24:3, בית omitted (restored by Co) 2:7; 44:6; בְּנֵי מרי rebellious sons Nu 17:25 (P); with omission of בֵּן (or abstr. for concrete), אל תהי מֶ֑רִי be not a rebellious person Ez 2:8; אך מרי יבקּשׁ רע a rebellious man seeketh only evil Pr 17:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4805/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 17:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.11/)

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אַךְ־מְרִ֥י יְבַקֶּשׁ־רָ֑ע וּמַלְאָ֥ךְ אַ֝כְזָרִ֗י יְשֻׁלַּח־בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* only rebellion he.seeks an.evil.\[person\] and a.messenger cruel he.will.be.sent in him

*JPS 1917:* A rebellious man seeketh only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

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[Job 23:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.23.2/)

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גַּם־הַ֭יּוֹם מְרִ֣י שִׂחִ֑י יָ֝דִ֗י כָּבְדָ֥ה עַל־אַנְחָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* also this day the.rebellion my.complaint my hand my it.is.heavy on groaning my

*JPS 1917:* Even to-day is my complaint bitter; my hand is become heavy because of my groaning.

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