BDB4831 [H4751 H4755]
I.
1. literally, of water Exod 15:23 (J ); food Prov 27:7 (opposed to מָתוֺק ); wormwood (לַעֲנָה Prov 5:4 (in simile of end of harlot, compare Eccl 7:26 below); as substantive plural, of physical pain, result of curse לְמָרִים Num 5:24; Num 5:27, whence מֵי הַמָּרִים vNum 5:18 (compare Di ) vNum 5:19 vNum 5:23 vNum 5:24 of harmful result of ruthless fighting 2Sam 2:26 of wickedness Jer 2:19; Jer 4:18 = injurious, hurtful Isa 5:20 (twice in verse) (opposed to מָתוֺק ).
2. figurative,
\ \ a. of cry (צְעָקָה , זְעָקָה ) Gen 27:34 (J ), Esth 4:1 מִסְפֵּד מָ֑ר Ezek 27:31 (strike out Co ); דָּבָר מָ֑ר Ps 64:4 as adverb (cry, weep) bitterly Ezek 27:30 (מָרָה ), Zeph 1:14; Isa 33:7 (both מַר ).
\ \ b. of feeling, temper, especially withנֶפֶשׁ : אֲנָשִׁים מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ Judg 18:25 men fierce (GFM acrid ) of temper , so 2Sam 17:8 (like a bear robbed of whelps); הַגּוֺי הַמַּר Hab 1:6 the fierce nation ; מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ = discontented 1Sam 22:2 מַרֵי נֶפֶשׁ = the bitterly wretched Job 3:20; Prov 31:6, so ׳ מָרַת נ 1Sam 1:10 compare יוֺם מָ֑ר Amos 8:10 as substantive abstract מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ bitterness of soul Isa 38:15; Ezek 27:31 (strike out Co ), Job 7:11; Job 10:1 = נפשׁ מָרָה Job 21:25 compare מָרָא Ruth 1:20 (name given to Naomi by herself); מַרהַֿמָּוֶת 1Sam 15:32 the bitterness of death ; מַרמִֿמָּוֶת Eccl 7:26 (metaphor of harlot); in Ezek 3:14 I went bitterly , strike out מַר Co . — Isa 38:17 see מרר .
\ \ a. of cry (
\ \ b. of feeling, temper, especially with
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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