H3992

H3992 — מָאַר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewma'arverb-stemOccurrences: 4TWOT: 1141

Definition / Gloss

ma'ar (maw-ar') v. 1. to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter, i.e. be painful [a primitive root] KJV: fretting, picking.

Root Links

No root links recorded.

KJV Renderings

fretting, picking.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4498

[מָאַר] verb (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2877] excite hostility, irritate, [untranscribed source text 2878] break open, of a wound); —

Hiph`il prick, pain Participle מַמְאִיר Ezek 28:24 מַמְאֶ֫רֶת Lev 13:51 + 2 t.; — of thorn ׳ סִלּוֺן מ Ezek 28:24 (figurative of oppressors of Israel,); || קוֺץ מַכְאִב); elsewhere of leprosy (צָרַעַת ) = malignant ? Lev 13:51; Lev 13:52; Lev 14:44 (all P ; but in all these has מרראת, √ מרא = מרה be obstinate, compare Thes816b Di).


מַאֲרָב see ארב . מְאֵרָה see ארר .


[מִבְדָּלָה], מִבְדָּלוֺת see בדל .


מָבוֺא see בוא. מְבוּכָה see בוך.


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