Strong's Lexicon

H3992

H3992 — מָאַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewma'arverb-stemOccurrences: 4TWOT: 1141

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3992
Word:	מָאַר
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	ma'ar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-ar'
Meaning:	1. to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter, i.e. be painful
KJV Renderings:	fretting, picking.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4498

[מָאַר] verb (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2877] excite hostility, irritate, [untranscribed source text 2878] break open, of a wound); —

Hiph`il prick, pain Participle מַמְאִיר Ezek 28:24 מַמְאֶ֫רֶת Lev 13:51 + 2 t.; — of thorn ׳ סִלּוֺן מ Ezek 28:24 (figurative of oppressors of Israel,); || קוֺץ מַכְאִב); elsewhere of leprosy (צָרַעַת ) = malignant ? Lev 13:51; Lev 13:52; Lev 14:44 (all P ; but ⅏ in all these has מרראת, √ מרא = מרה be obstinate, compare Thes^816b Di).

מַאֲרָב see ארב . מְאֵרָה see ארר .

[מִבְדָּלָה], מִבְדָּלוֺת see בדל .

מָבוֺא see בוא. מְבוּכָה see בוך.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מאר (mah-ar’)

Leviticus 13:51

KJV: And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.

EHCC: the plague (is) a fretting leprosy ;

Leviticus 13:52

KJV: He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire.

EHCC: & 14:44. it (in) a fretting leprosy ;

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