BDB7819 [H4791]

מָרוֺם noun masculineEccl 10:6 height (poetry); — absolute ׳מ Mic 6:6 +; construct מְרוֺם 2Kgs 19:23 +; plural מְרוֺמִים Isa 33:16 +; construct מְרוֺמֵי Judg 5:18 suffix מְרוֺמָיו Job 25:2

1. height, elevation (concrete), elevated place: מְרוֺמֵי שָׂדֶה Job 5:18, בְּראֹשׁ מְרֹמִים Prov 8:2 מְרוֺם שִׁבְתּוֺ Obad 1:3 (compare Now), מְרוֺם גִּבְעָה in || Jer 49:16 הָרִים ׳מ top of mountains 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24a, קִצּוֺ ׳מ vIsa 37:24 b; עֻזָּהּ ׳מ Jer 51:53 (of Babylonian ); specifically of Zion, ׳מ Jes Jer 17:12, ׳מ צִיּוֺן Jer 31:12, יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳בְּהַר מ Ezek 17:23; Ezek 20:40, ׳יִשׂ ׳בְּהָרֵי מ Ezek 34:14 indefinite, Hab 2:9 (in figurative), ׳לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמ Job 5:11 בַּמְּרוֺמִים רַבִּים Esc Job 10:6 (of high office, rank; opposed to שֵׁפֶל); ישְׁבֵי מָרוֺם Isa 26:5, i.e. in (supposed) security, compare מְרוֺמִים יִשְׁכֹּן Isa 33:16 (|| מְצָדוֺת סְלָעִים); ׳לַמּ on high (German in die H-he) Ps 75:6, so ׳בַּמּ Job 39:18, adverb = in a high place Isa 22:16.
2. ׳מ alone = height of heaven: אֱלֹהֵי מָרוֺם Mic 6:6; 2Sam 22:17=Ps 18:17; Isa 24:21. 21; Isa 32:15; Isa 57:15; Isa 58:4; Lam 1:13; Ps 7:8; Ps 68:19; Ps 71:19; Ps 93:4; Ps 144:7, plural Job 25:2 || שָׁמַיִם, קָדְשׁוֺ ׳מ Ps 102:20 מְרוֺמִים Job 16:19; Ps 148:1 || מְעוֺן קָדְשׁוֺ Jer 25:30, || מָ֑עַל Job 31:2 (plural), opposed to מוֺסְדֵי אֶרֶץ Isa 24:18.; as predicate of ׳י Ps 92:9 compare Ps 10:5 as adverb (i.e. in heaven) Isa 33:5 ׳לַמּ towards heaven Isa 38:14; Isa 40:26; Isa 37:23 = 2Kgs 19:22 ׳מִמּ in figure Ps 73:8 they speak (as if) from the sky, from heaven (i.e. so arrogantly).
3. ׳מ adverb figurative, = proudly Ps 56:3 (so Gei Hup-Now and others, compare Che, but dubious), Bae in high station; Du reads מַריוֺם (יוֺם to vPs 56:4 as dittograph?).
4. figurative of nobles (collective) מְרוֺם עַםהָֿאָרֶץ Isa 24:4.


The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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