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title: מְרֵרָה — gall · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרֵרָה (4845), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: gall. BDB 1906: n.f. gall. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרֵרָה

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«מְרֵרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gall** — 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:** 4845 · **BDB:** מְרֵרָה

### Glosses

gall (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4845/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. gall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4845/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. gall; only sf. יִשְׁפֹּךְ לָאָרֶץ מְרֵרָתִי Jb 16:13 he poureth on the ground my gall (‖ יְפַלַּח כִּלְיוֹתַי), fig. of God’s cruel treatment (cf. מְרֹרָה 20:25).

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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 (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרֵרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4845/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 16:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.13/)

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יָ֘סֹ֤בּוּ עָלַ֨י ׀ רַבָּ֗יו יְפַלַּ֣ח כִּ֭לְיוֹתַי וְלֹ֣א יַחְמ֑וֹל יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ לָ֝אָ֗רֶץ מְרֵרָֽתִי׃

*Word for word:* they.surround (on) me archers his he.pierces kidneys my and not he.has.compassion he.pours.out to the ground gall my

*JPS 1917:* His archers compass me round about, He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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