מַר
mar · H4752 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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drop
A small quantity of a liquid
ExamplesIsaiah 40:15 Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- גּוֹיnation, people 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כlike/as 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 5 entries
- Quantity002001001046
- מַר describes a small quantity, illustrated at its sole occurrence, Isaiah 40:15 ("the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales").
- Bad002001001006
- This domain is inherited from the homograph מַר meaning "bitter" rather than independently attested by this word's own citation, which uses "drop" only of a small quantity.
- Angry002001002002
- This domain is inherited from the homograph מַר meaning "bitter, angry" rather than independently attested by this word's own citation.
- Grieve002001002013
- This domain is inherited from the homograph מַר meaning "bitter" rather than independently attested by this word's own citation.
- Intense002001003011
- This domain is inherited from the homograph מַר rather than independently attested by this word's own citation, which describes a drop as something insignificantly small rather than intense.
Word family 13 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4752. mar II. [מַר] noun [masculine] drop, only מִדְּלִי כְּמַר גּוֺיִם Isa 40:15…
II. [מַר] noun [masculine] drop, only מִדְּלִי כְּמַר גּוֺיִם Isa 40:15 nations are like a drop hanging from a bucket.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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