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מׇרָּה

morrâh · H4787 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. distress

    Literally: bitterness; hence: state in which humans are in deep distress

    Examples

    Proverbs 14:10 The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.

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

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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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Near synonyms 1 word
תּוּגָה tûwgâh · H8424 · grief
Both terms denote emotional or affective states of distress — bitterness and sorrow are near-synonymous experiences that can overlap in context.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Grieve002001002013
מְרוֹרָה describes bitterness of grief or distress, illustrated at its sole occurrence, Proverbs 14:10 ("the heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share its joy").
Word family 13 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

מַמְרֹר mamrôr · H4472 · bitterness · 1×מַר mar · H4751 · drop, bitter · 38×מָרַר mârar · H4843 · to taste bitter, to be embittered · 16×מֹר môr · H4753 · myrrh · 12×מְרֹרָה mᵉrôrâh · H4846 · gall, bitter venom · 4×מְרֹר mᵉrôr · H4844 · bitter herbs, bitterness, hardship · 3×תַּמְרוּר tamrûwr · H8563 · bitterness, guidepost, marker · 3×מַר mar · H4752 · drop, bitter · 1×מֹרָה môrâh · H4786 · distress · 1×מׇרָּהmorrâh · H4787מְרִירוּת mᵉrîyrûwth · H4814 · in distress, desperate · 1×מְרִירִי mᵉrîyrîy · H4815 · bitter, deadly · 1×מְרֵרָה mᵉrêrâh · H4845 · bile · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4787. morrah [מָרָּה] noun feminine bitterness (on form see Ges§ 22, 5 R); — construct…
H4787. morrah
[מָרָּה] noun feminine bitterness (on form see Ges§ 22, 5 R); — construct נַפְשׁוֺ מָרַּת יוֺדֵעַ לֵב Pro 14:10 the heart knoweth the bitterness of its soul (its own misery).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

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