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title: מֵרַע — be evil · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵרַע (4827), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be evil. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵרַע

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«מֵרַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be evil** — 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:** 4827

### Glosses

be\].to.evil (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be evil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4827/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵרַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4827/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 11:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.27/)

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וּשְׁנֵיהֶ֤ם הַמְּלָכִים֙ לְבָבָ֣ם לְמֵרָ֔ע וְעַל־שֻׁלְחָ֥ן אֶחָ֖ד כָּזָ֣ב יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ וְלֹ֣א תִצְלָ֔ח כִּי־ע֥וֹד קֵ֖ץ לַמּוֹעֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and the.two of.them the kings heart their \[will be\].to.evil and at a.table one falsehood they.will.speak and not it.will.succeed (dm) yet an.end \[is\].to the.appointed time

*JPS 1917:* And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper, for the end remaineth yet for the time appointed.

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