מְרֻצָה
mᵉrutsâh · H4835 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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oppression
Literally: crushing; hence: action by which humans in a position of authority treat those subjected to them unjustly
ExamplesJeremiah 22:17 “But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood, And on practicing oppression and extortion.”
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against 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 3 entries
- Move002002001012
- This entry's own tagged occurrence attests a sense of the heart being intently set on or moving toward dishonest gain: “But your eyes and your heart are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, and on shedding innocent blood” (Jeremiah 22:17).
- Act002002002001
- מְרוּצָה describes an act of violent oppression, illustrated at its sole occurrence, Jeremiah 22:17 ("your eyes and your heart are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and on crushing").
- Unsafe002003003022
- This entry carries no independent "Unsafe" sense of its own distinct from the act of violence itself; this lexeme's sole occurrence (Jeremiah 22:17) describes an act of oppression, and the domain is bundle-shared with that sense.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4835. merutsah II. מְרוּצָה noun feminine crushing, oppression; — Jer 22:17 (+ הָעשֶׁק).…
II. מְרוּצָה noun feminine crushing, oppression; — Jer 22:17 (+ הָעשֶׁק).
רַק see I. רקק; רֵק see רֵיק; רֹק see II. רקק.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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