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title: מְרָתַיִם — Merathaim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרָתַיִם (4850), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Merathaim. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרָתַיִם

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«מְרָתַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Merathaim** — 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:** 4850 · **BDB:** מְרָתַ֫יִם

### Glosses

of.Merathaim (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Merathaim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4850/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4850/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** used as n.pr.f. = Babylon, עַל־הָאָרֶץ מ׳ עֲלֵה עָלֶיהָ Je 50:21; perhaps = Double rebellian (du.) √ מרה q.v.; De Par 182 thinks = Bab. Marrâtim, i.e., land by the nar Marrâtu, the bitter river (Pers. Gulf) = Southern Babylonia.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרָתַיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4850/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 50:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.21/)

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עַל־הָאָ֤רֶץ מְרָתַ֙יִם֙ עֲלֵ֣ה עָלֶ֔יהָ וְאֶל־יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י פְּק֑וֹד חֲרֹ֨ב וְהַחֲרֵ֤ם אַֽחֲרֵיהֶם֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וַעֲשֵׂ֕ה כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוִּיתִֽיךָ׃ס

*Word for word:* on the land of.Merathaim go.up on it and against the.inhabitants of.Pekod kill and totally.destroy after them the.utterance of.Yahweh and do according to.all that I have.commanded.you

*JPS 1917:* Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod; waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.

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