Word

מָרַט

mâraṭ · H4803 · Hebrew · 14 occurrences

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Meanings

to lose hair

Process by which the human scalp loses hair

Examples
Leviticus 13:41 “And if his head becomes bald at the front and sides, he is bald on the forehead; he is clean.
to pluck, to pull out

Causative action by which someone pulls out hair, feathers, or wings

Examples
Ezra 9:3 When I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled out some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled.
Nehemiah 13:25 So I quarreled with them and cursed them, and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take any of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
Isaiah 50:6 I gave My back to those who strike Me, And My cheeks to those who pull out My beard; I did not hide My face from insults and spitting.
to become raw

Literally: to be rubbed bare; hence: process by which skin of the shoulder is damaged as a result of carrying heavy loads

Examples
Ezekiel 29:18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head had a bald spot and every shoulder was rubbed raw. But he and his army acquired no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it.”
to polish

Causative action by which someone rubs a metal object until it starts reflecting light

Examples
1 Kings 7:45 and the buckets, the shovels, and the bowls; indeed, all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze.
Ezekiel 21:9 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the LORD says:’ Say, ‘A sword, a sword sharpened And also polished!
Ezekiel 21:10 ‘Sharpened to make a slaughter, Polished to flash like lightning!’ Or shall we rejoice, the rod of My son despising every tree?
to be smooth skinned

Literally: polished; hence: state in which the human body is so smooth that it reflects light, as if it has been polished

Examples
Isaiah 18:2 Which sends messengers by the sea, Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, To a people feared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation Whose land the rivers divide.
Isaiah 18:7 At that time a gift of tribute will be brought to the LORD of armies From a people tall and smooth, From a people feared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation, Whose land the rivers divide— To the place of the name of the LORD of armies, to Mount Zion.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

10 occurrences in 7 groups

רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 2
Not stated: I 2
Not stated (participle) 2
הוּאhe, she, it 1
כָּתֵףshoulder, side 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הֶםthem 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 7 groups

מִןfrom+ זָקָןbeard 1
מִןfrom+ פֵּאָהside 1
מִןfrom+ שֵׂעָרhair 1
מַעַןfor the sake of, so that+ הָיָהto be, to become 1
לto/for+ כּוּלto provide for, to contain 1
לto/for+ נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 2

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 3 entries

Non-Whole002003001021: מָרַט describes hair falling out or becoming bald, an incomplete state, illustrated at Leviticus 13:40 ("if a man loses the hair of his head, he is only bald") and Leviticus 13:41.
Impact002001001024: This entry carries no independent "Impact" sense of its own distinct from ordinary polishing/plucking; the genuine tagged occurrences of hair being plucked (Ezra 9:3, Nehemiah 13:25) concern a forceful action, and the domain is bundle-shared with that sense.
Shine002001001053: מָרַט also describes a bright, polished appearance, illustrated at 1 Kings 7:45 ("all these utensils... were of polished bronze").

Word family 2 words

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

מָרַטmâraṭ · H4803מְרַט mᵉraṭ · H4804 · be plucked · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4803. marat מְעֻטָּה Eze 21:20 textual error, see below מרט. מַעֲטֶה see עטה.…

H4803. marat
מְעֻטָּה Eze 21:20 textual error, see below מרט.
מַעֲטֶה see עטה. [מַעֲטָפָה] see I. עטף.
[מָרַט] verb make smooth, bare, bald; scour, polish (Late Hebrew id.; pull out, off (feathers, hair); Aramaic . מְרַט id.; Arabic have little hair, pluck out hair); —
Qal Imperfect1singular וָאֶמְרְטָה Ezr 9:3, suffix 3masculine plural וָאֶמְרְטֵם Neh 13:25; Infinitive construct מָרְטָה Eze 21:16; Participle plural מֹרְטִים Isa 50:6; passive feminine מְרוּטָה Eze 21:14 Eze 21:2t.; —
1 make bare מְרוּטָה כָּלכָּֿתֵף Eze 29:18 every shoulder is laid bare (from chafing of burden; || מֻקְרָח כָּלרֿאֹשׁ); the cheek (by plucking out beard) לְמֹרְטִ֑ים וּלְחָיַי לְמַכִּים נָתַתִּי גֵּוִי Isa 50:6; with accusative of person וָאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם Neh 13:25 (both acts of violence); of hair and beard וּזֶקָנִי ראֹשִׁי מִשְּׂעַר וָאֶמְרְטָה Ezr 9:3 (sign of grief).
2 scour, polish, a sword, only Eze 21: Ezr 9:14 (+ הוּחַדָּת; Co reads ׳מ as Pu), Ezra 9:16 (strike out Co), Ezra 9:33, + Ezra 9:20 מְרֻטָה for מְעֻטָּה ᵑ0 (Ew Sm Co Berthol).
Niph`al Imperfect ראֹשׁוֺ יִמָּרֵט Lev 13:40-41, his head is made bald (by leprosy).
Pu`al Perfect3feminine singular מֹרָ֑טָה Eze 21:15; Eze 21:16; Participle מְמֹרָט 1Ki 7:45, מוֺרָט Isaiah 18:27 (Ges§ 52 R.6): — scoured, polished, of bronze utensils of temple 1Ki 7:45; of human skin Isaiah 18:27; of sword Eze 21:15; Eze 21:16 (both + הוּחַדָּה, see
Qal above)
מְרִי see מרה.
מְרִיבבַּֿ֫עַל מְרִיבַֿ֫עַל, see ריב.
I, II. מְרִיבָה see ריב.
[מְרַט] verb pluck (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`îl Perfect3masculine plural מְרִ֫יטוּ Dan 7:4 were plucked off (wings).

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

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Impact1 occurrence Shine8 occurrences Non-Whole5 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

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