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title: מְרִיא — fatling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרִיא (4806), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: fatling. BDB 1906: fatling, fatlings. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרִיא

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«מְרִיא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fatling** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 4806 · **BDB:** מְרִיא

### Glosses

fatling (4); a.fatling (1); fatlings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fatling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4806/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

fatling, fatlings [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4806/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] fatling, fatlings;—abs. מ׳ 2 S 6:13 + 3 times; pl. abs. מְרִיאִים Is 1:11, cstr. מְרִיאֵי Ez 39:18; sf. מְרִיאֵיכֶם Am 5:22;—fatling: עֵגֶל וּכְפִיר וּמְרִיא Is 11:6; elsewhere only of sacrificial animals, שֶׁלֶם מְרִיאֵיכֶם Am 5:22 (‖ עֹלוֹת, מִנְחֹתֵיכֶם); חֵלֶב מְרִיאִים Is 1:11 (‖ עֹלוֹת אֵילִים, דַּם פָּרִים, etc.); מְרִיאֵי בָשָׁן Ez 39:18 (+ פָּרִים, אֵילִים, etc.); also sg. coll., וַיִּזְבַּח שׁוֹר וּמְרִיא 2 S 6:13, so (+ צֹאן וּבָקָר) 1 K 1:9, and (+ שׁוֹר, צֹאן) v 19, 25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרִיא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4806/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 6:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.6.13/)

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וַיְהִ֗י כִּ֧י צָעֲד֛וּ נֹשְׂאֵ֥י אֲרוֹן־יְהוָ֖ה שִׁשָּׁ֣ה צְעָדִ֑ים וַיִּזְבַּ֥ח שׁ֖וֹר וּמְרִֽיא׃

*Word for word:* and it.was (dm) they.had.stepped \[those.who\].carried (of).the.ark of.Yahweh six steps and he.sacrificed an.ox and a.fatling

*JPS 1917:* And it was so, that when they that bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

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[Amos 5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.5.22/)

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כִּ֣י אִם־תַּעֲלוּ־לִ֥י עֹל֛וֹת וּמִנְחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם לֹ֣א אֶרְצֶ֑ה וְשֶׁ֥לֶם מְרִיאֵיכֶ֖ם לֹ֥א אַבִּֽיט׃

*Word for word:* (dm) if you.will.offer.up to me burnt.offerings and your.grain offerings not I.will.accept.\[them\] and the.peace.offering your.fatlings your not I.will.pay.attention.to

*JPS 1917:* Yea, though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

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