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title: מְרִירוּת — bitterness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרִירוּת (4814), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bitterness. BDB 1906: n.f. bitterness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרִירוּת

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«מְרִירוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bitterness** — 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:** 4814 · **BDB:** מְרִירוּת²

### Glosses

bitterness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bitterness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4814/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. bitterness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4814/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. bitterness;—וּבִמ׳ תֵּאָנַח Ez 21:11 and in bitterness (bitterly) shalt thou groan.

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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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרִירוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4814/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 21:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.11/)

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וְאַתָּ֥ה בֶן־אָדָ֖ם הֵֽאָנַ֑ח בְּשִׁבְר֤וֹן מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ וּבִמְרִיר֔וּת תֵּֽאָנַ֖ח לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you O.son of.humankind groan with breaking of.loins and with bitterness you.will.groan to eyes their

*JPS 1917:* Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes.

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