מְעָרָה40 noun feminine cave; — absolute ׳מ [Gen 19:30] +; construct מְעָרַת [Gen 23:19] +; plural מְעָרוֺת [Judg 6:2] +, construct id. [Isa 2:19] — cave, especially as place of sojourn or refuge [Gen 19:30] (J), [1Sam 24:3] (twice in verse); [1Sam 24:7]; [1Sam 24:8]; [1Sam 24:10] (Ginsb; v.[1Sam 24:4] v.[1Sam 24:8] v.[1Sam 24:9] v.[1Sam 24:11] van d. H. Bear), [1Kgs 19:1]; [1Kgs 19:13]; [Ezek 33:27]; [Josh 10:16] (בַמַּקֵּדָה ׳מ) + 7 t. [Josh 10]; [Judg 6:2]; [1Sam 13:6]; [1Kgs 18:4]; [1Kgs 18:13], compare [Ps 57:1]; [Ps 142:1] מְעָרוֺת צֻרִים [Isa 2:19], hence פָּרִצִים ׳מ [Jer 7:11] robbers' cave; [Isa 32:14] den (of wild beasts); — עֲדֻלָּם ׳מ [1Sam 22:1]; [2Sam 23:13], whence in || [1Chr 11:15], read probably ׳מְצֻדַת ע or מְצָדַת We, compare Dr, Bu Kit HPS; — as burial place, הַמַּכְפֵּלָה ׳מ [Gen 23:9] + (see מַכְפֵּלָה) = ׳מ alone [Gen 23:11]; [Gen 23:17]; [Gen 23:20]; [Gen 49:29]; [Gen 49:32] (all P). אֲשֶׁר לַצִּידֹנִים ׳מ [Josh 13:4] (D), cave-region in Lebanon east of Sidon, modern Mughâr Gezzîn, according to most, but dubious; perhaps, rather, near Tyre BuhlMDPV 1895, 55.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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