BDB4831
I. מַר adjective and substantive bitter, bitterness; — absolute ׳ מ Prov 27:7 +, הַמַּר Hab 1:6, מָ֑ר Ps 64:4 +; construct מַר 1Sam 22:2 +; feminine מָרָה Gen 27:34 +, מָרָא Ruth 1:20 construct מָרַת 1Sam 1:10 masculine plural מָרִים Exod 15:23 +; construct מָרֵי Judg 18:25; Prov 31:6 — bitter:
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 Num 5:18 (compare Di) Num 5:19 Num 5:23 Num 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 with נֶפֶשׁ: 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
.