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title: מָרֹר — bitter thing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָרֹר (4844), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: bitter thing. BDB 1906: n.m. bitter thing, bitter herb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָרֹר

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«מָרֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bitter thing** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 4844 · **BDB:** מָרֹר

### Glosses

bitter.herbs (2); things (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bitter thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4844/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bitter thing, bitter herb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4844/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. bitter thing, bitter herb (cf. NH id., bitter herb; on form v. BaNB 194);—only pl. מְרֹרִים Ex 12:8; Nu 9:11, מְרוֹרִים La 3:15;—bitter herbs, in Passover meal Ex 12:8; Nu 9:11 (both P); cf. הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַּמּ׳ La 3:15, fig. of distress inflicted (‖ לַעֲנָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָרֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4844/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.15/)

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הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי לַעֲנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* he has.surfeited.me with.(the) bitter things he has.made.me.drink wormwood

*JPS 1917:* He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.

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[Exodus 12:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.8/)

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וְאָכְל֥וּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂ֖ר בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַזֶּ֑ה צְלִי־אֵ֣שׁ וּמַצּ֔וֹת עַל־מְרֹרִ֖ים יֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.eat (et) the meat in the night (the) this roasted of.fire and unleavened.bread(s) with bitter.herbs they will.eat.it

*JPS 1917:* And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

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