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מַרְאֶה102 noun masculine Exod 3:3 sight, appearance, vision; — ׳ מ absolute Gen 12:11 +; construct מַרְאֵה Deut 28:34 +; suffix מַרְאֵהוּ Joel 2:4 +, מַרְאֶהָ Lev 13:4 +; apparently plural construct מַרְאֵי Eccl 11:9 ( Köii. 1, 112), suffix (probably in fact singular Ges93 ss) מַרְאַיִח Song 2:14 (twice in verse), מַרְאֵיהֶן Nah 2:5 +, etc.; —
1. Psalms
a.
sight, phenomenon, spectacle
Exod 3:3 (
J
).
b.
appearance
׳
נֶחְמָד לְמ
Gen 2:9 (
J
) desirable in appearance, ׳
גָּדוֺל לְמ
Josh 22:10
appearance of man (or woman), Judg 13:6 (twice in verse) (angel), Isa 52:14 (servant of
׳
י), Song 5:15; Dan 8:15; Dan 10:18 = outward person (opposed to inner man) 1Sam 16:7
visible form
Song 2:14 (twice in verse); Dan 1:13 (twice in verse); Dan 1:15
׳
בְּמ
Num 12:8 (
E
; so read
⅏
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
ᵑ7
Di, for
ᵑ0
מַרְאֶה), i.e. in personal presence ( < Ew
PatHpt {abbrev}לֹא בְמ); כְּמַרְאֵה סוּסִים מַרְאֵהוּ
Joel 2:4 of
crocodile Job
41:2
׳
כְּבוֺד י
׳
מ
Exod 24:17
(
P
), הַנֶּגַע
׳
מ
Lev 13:3,
אֵֿשׁ
׳
מ
Num 9:15;
Num 9:16,
בָּרָק
׳
מ
Dan 10:6
+; especially Ezekiel appearance person or of thing (27 t., sometimes redundant),
Dan 1:5; Dan 1:13;
Dan 1:26;
Dan 8:2; Dan 10:1 +,
מָתְנָיו
׳
מִמּ
Dan 1:27
(twice in verse);
Dan 8:2 (|| מִמָּתְנָיו) of beauty וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה
fair of appearance
Gen 39:6 (
J
; +יְפֵהתֹֿאַר), compare 1Sam 17:42 (read עֶלֶם [q. v.] for
עִם); feminine ׳
(אִשָּׁה) יְפַתמֿ
Gen 12:11
(
J
),
Gen 29:17 (
E
; +יְפַת תּאַֹר), 2Sam 14:27 of kine ׳
יְפוֺת (הַ)מ
Gen 41:2;
Gen 41:4 (
E
), opposed to ׳
רָעוֺת (הַ)מ Gen 41:3 Gen 41:4, מַרְאֵיהֶן רַע Gen 41:21(all
E
); of women also ׳
טֹבַת מ
Gen 24:16
; Gen 26:7
(both
J
),
2Sam 11:2; Esth 1:11; Esth 2:3; Esth 2:7, ׳
טוֺבוֺת מ
Esth 2:2 of
boys ׳
טוֺבֵי מ
Dan 1:4,
compare ׳
מ alone in וְנֶחְמְדֵהוּ
׳
לֹאמֿ (of suffering servant of ׳
י)
Isa 53:2
׳
אִישׁ מ
2Sam 23:21
(but read as || 1Chr 11:23
אִישׁ מִדָּה
We
Dr and others).
c.
appearance, sight, vision
Num 8:4 (
P
).
2. in general what is seen, עֵינָיו
׳
מ
Isa 11:3 i.e.
what
his outward eyes see (compare 1Sam 16:7
1 b), עֵינֶיהָ
׳
לִמ
Ezek 23:16
,
עְינֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה
׳
מ
Deut 28:34;
Deut 28:67,
׳
לְכָלמֿ
עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן
Lev 13:12 (
P
).
3. specifically a (supernatural) vision (in
Ezekiel,
Daniel; often accusative of cognate meaning with verb with ראה): Ezek 8:4; Ezek 11:24; Ezek 43:3 (3 t. in verse),
read
also מַרְאֵה הָרֶכֶב Ezek 43:3 (for מַרְאוֺת see I.
מַרְאָה
above); ׳
בַּמּ
Ezek 11:24
;
Dan 8:16; Dan 8:27; Dan 9:23; Dan 10:1
׳
מ
הָעֶרֶב וְהַבֹּקֶר
Dan 8:26.
4.
sight, vision = power of seeing (and enjoying), late: עֵינַיִם
׳
מ
Eccl 6:9,
הַלֵךְ
בְּדַרְּכֵי לִבְּךָ וּבְמַרְאֵי עֵינֶיךָ
Eccl 11:9
.