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title: תַּמְרוּרִים — bitterness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּמְרוּרִים (8563), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: bitterness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּמְרוּרִים

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«תַּמְרוּרִים» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 8563

### Glosses

of.bitterness(es) (2); bitterness(es) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bitterness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8563/#m1)

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Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: another 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 «תַּמְרוּרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8563/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.12.15/)

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הִכְעִ֥יס אֶפְרַ֖יִם תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים וְדָמָיו֙ עָלָ֣יו יִטּ֔וֹשׁ וְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹ יָשִׁ֥יב ל֖וֹ אֲדֹנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* he.has.provoked.to.anger Ephraim bitterness(es) and blood(s) his on him he.will.leave and reproach his he.will.repay to him lord(s) his

*JPS 1917:* Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

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[Jeremiah 6:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.26/)

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בַּת־עַמִּ֤י חִגְרִי־שָׂק֙ וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י בָאֵ֔פֶר אֵ֤בֶל יָחִיד֙ עֲשִׂ֣י לָ֔ךְ מִסְפַּ֖ד תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים כִּ֣י פִתְאֹ֔ם יָבֹ֥א הַשֹּׁדֵ֖ד עָלֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* O.daughter my.people my gird.yourself sackcloth and roll in (the) ash\[es\] \[the\].mourning of.an.only.\[child\] observe for yourself wailing of.bitterness(es) (dm) suddenly it.will.come the destroyer on us

*JPS 1917:* O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes; make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

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