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title: מְרָיוֹת — Meraioth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרָיוֹת (4812), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Meraioth. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרָיוֹת

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«מְרָיוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Meraioth** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 4812 · **BDB:** מְרָיוֹת

### Glosses

Meraioth (4); of.Meraioth (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Meraioth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4812/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4812/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (on form cf. LagBN 51);— descendant of Aaron: grandfather of Ahitub and great-grandfather of Zadok 1 Ch 5:32, 33; 6:37 Ezr 7:3; 𝔊 Μαρειηλ, Μαρερωθ, Μαραιωθ, etc. as son of Ahitub and father of Zadok 1 Ch 9:11 Ne 11:11; 𝔊 Μαρμωθ Μαρ(α)ιωθ. name of a priestly house Ne 12:15 (prob. error for מְרֵמוֹת, q.v., 12:3), 𝔊L Μαριμωθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרָיוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4812/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.3/)

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בֶּן־אֲמַרְיָ֥ה בֶן־עֲזַרְיָ֖ה בֶּן־מְרָיֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Amariah the.son of.Azariah the.son of.Meraioth

*JPS 1917:* the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

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[Nehemiah 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.15/)

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לְחָרִ֣ם עַדְנָ֔א לִמְרָי֖וֹת חֶלְקָֽי׃

*Word for word:* of Harim Adna of Meraioth Helkai

*JPS 1917:* of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;

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