UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: מֶמֶר · מַמְּרֹורִים · מַר · מֹר · מֹרָה · מְרִירוּת · מְרִירִי · מָרֹר · מְרֵרָה · מְרֹרָה · תַּמְרוּרִים

Sense 1: to taste bitter

Semantic domains: Bad (002001001006)

Core domains: Food (069)

Definition: = state in which a liquid has a sharp, pungent taste; ≈ regarded as unpleasant and unsuitable for consumption; associated with anger and grief

Forms: vbqal-

Show passage in OET: ISA 24:9

OET-RV ISA 24:9

9 They don’t sing and drink wine any more.
⇔ ≈ Strong drink now tastes bitter when they drink it.

OET-LV ISA 24:9

9 With_song not people _will _drink wine strong _drink it _will _be _bitter to_those _of_who_drink _it.

Jump to OET ISA 24:9 section.

Sense 2: to be embittered

Semantic domains: Angry (002001002002); Grieve (002001002013)

Definition: literally: to be bitter; hence: = state in which humans are experiencing emotions of anger, resentment, and grief

Forms: vbqal-; vbhit-

Show passage in OET: RUT 1:13

OET-RV RUT 1:13

13 could you wait for them to grow up so you could be remarried? No, my daughters, what’s hard for me, even more than your hardships, is that Yahweh is using his power against me.”

OET-LV RUT 1:13

13 Therefore will _you(pl)_wait until that they _will _grow _up therefore will _you _shut _yourselves _off to_not to _belong to_a _husband no my _daughters _of_my if/because it _is _bitter to_me very more_than _you(pl) if/because it _has _gone _forth on_me the _hand _of YHWH.

Show passage in OET: SA1 30:6

OET-RV SA1 30:6

6 David was in a tight spot because the men were considering throwing rocks at him to kill him, because they were very upset about their children, but he found strength in his god Yahweh.

OET-LV SA1 30:6

6 And_it _was _distress to_Dāvid exceedingly if/because the_people they _said to_stone_him if/because the _soul _of all _of the_people it _was _bitter everyone on mmm and_on daughters _of_his and_ Dāvid _he _strengthened _himself in_YHWH his/its_god.

Jump to OET RUT 1:13 section.

Jump to OET SA1 30:6 section.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

RUT: OET RUT 1:13

SA1: OET SA1 30:6

KI2: OET KI2 4:27

ISA: OET ISA 38:17

JER: OET JER 2:19 · OET JER 4:18

LAM: OET LAM 1:4

DAN: OET DAN 8:7 · OET DAN 11:11

Sense 3: to attack bitterly, to assail bitterly

Semantic domains: Angry (002001002002); Grieve (002001002013)

Definition: literally: to act with bitterness; hence: = action by which humans express their emotions of anger, resentment, and grief by engaging other humans in battle

Forms: vbpiel

Show passage in OET: GEN 49:23

OET-RV GEN 49:23

23 Expert archers will attack him,
⇔ and shoot and harass him.

OET-LV GEN 49:23

23 And_they_showed _bitterness _to _him and_they _shot and_they_were _hostile _towards _him masters _of arrows.

Jump to OET GEN 49:23 section.

Sense 4: to weep bitterly

Semantic domains: Angry (002001002002); Grieve (002001002013)

Definition: literally: to act with bitterness in weeping; hence: = action by which humans express their emotions of anger, resentment, and grief by intense weeping

Forms: vbpiel

Collocations: מרר בַּבֶּכִי

Show passage in OET: ISA 22:4

OET-RV ISA 22:4

4 Therefore I said: Don’t look at me!
⇔ I’m weeping bitterly so don’t rush to comfort me
⇔ concerning the destruction of my people,

OET-LV ISA 22:4

4 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so I _said look _away from_me I _will _show _bitterness with_weeping do _not hasten to_comfort_me on the _devastation _of the _daughter _of my _people _of_my.

Jump to OET ISA 22:4 section.

Sense 5: to weep bitterly

Semantic domains: Angry (002001002002); Grieve (002001002013)

Definition: literally: to act with bitterness; hence: = action by which humans express their emotions of anger, resentment, and grief by intense weeping

Forms: vbhif-

Show passage in OET: ZEC 12:10

OET-RV ZEC 12:10

10 But I will pour out a spirit of compassion and pleading on David’s descendants and the inhabitants of Yerushalem, so they will look on me—the one they’ve pierced. They’ll mourn for me, as one mourns for an only son—they will wail bitterly for him like those who wail after the death of a firstborn son.

OET-LV ZEC 12:10

10 And_I _will _pour _out on the _house _of Dāvid and_on the _inhabitant[s]_of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) a _spirit _of favour and_supplications and_they _will _look to_me DOM the_one_whom they _have _pierced _through and_they _will _mourn on/upon/above_him/it like_mourning on (the)_only_son and_they _will _show _bitterness on/upon/above_him/it as_shows _bitterness on (the)_firstborn.

Jump to OET ZEC 12:10 section.

Sense 6: to make hard

Semantic domains: Angry (002001002002); Grieve (002001002013)

Definition: literally: to make bitter; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to experience emotions of anger, resentment, and grief by their actions

Forms: vbhif-; vbpiel

Show passage in OET: EXO 1:14

OET-RV EXO 1:14

14 and they made their lives bitter with the hard slavery. They were forced to make mortar and bricks, as well as all kinds of slave labour in the fields—all the work they had to do was strenuous and tiring.

OET-LV EXO 1:14

14 And_they _made _bitter DOM lives _of_their with_labour hard in_mortar and_in_bricks and_on/over_all labour in _the_field DOM all _of labour _of_their which they _laboured in/among_them with_harshness.

Show passage in OET: RUT 1:20

OET-RV RUT 1:20

20 But No’omi told them not to call her ‘No’omi’ (which means ‘pleasant’) but to call her ‘Mara’ (meaning ‘miserable’) because she said, “The almighty God has made my life very miserable.

OET-LV RUT 1:20

20 And_she/it _said to_them do _not call to_me Noˊₒmī call to_me Mara if/because the_almighty he _has _caused _bitterness to_me exceedingly.

Jump to OET EXO 1:14 section.

Jump to OET RUT 1:20 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 1:14

RUT: OET RUT 1:20

JOB: OET JOB 27:2

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מרר

Form 1

Sense 1: to taste bitter

Sense 2: to be embittered

Sense 3: to attack bitterly, to assail bitterly

Sense 4: to weep bitterly

Sense 5: to weep bitterly

Sense 6: to make hard