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Hebrew wordlink #295393

OSHB Isa 38:15 מַר (mar) Strongs=4751 Lemma=‘מַר’
contextual word gloss=‘the_bitterness_of’ word gloss=‘bitterness_of’
Morphology=Aamsc PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-718 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Isaiah

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Other uses (2) of identical word form מַר (Morphology=Aamsc PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מַר’ (Morphology=Aamsc PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) has 2 different glosses: ‘bitter_of’, ‘the_bitterness_of’.

1 SAM 15:32 contextual word gloss=‘the_bitterness_of’ word gloss=‘bitterness_of’ OSHB 1 SAM 15:32 word 17

OET-LV: 32 and_ Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) _he/it _said bring _near to_me DOM ʼAgag the _king _of ˊAmālēq and_he/it _went to_him/it ʼAgag bonds and_ ʼAgag _he/it _said truly it _has _departed the _bitterness _of (the)_death. (SA1_15:32)

OET-RV: 32 Then Shemuel commanded, “Bring the Amalekite King Agag over here to me.”
¶ So they brought him over, and trembling, he said, “I’ve faced up to death now.” (SA1 15:32)

1 SAM 22:2 contextual word gloss=‘bitter_of’ word gloss=‘bitter_of’ OSHB 1 SAM 22:2 word 13

OET-LV: 2 And_they _gathered _together to_him/it every _of man distress and_all man whom to_him/it a _creditor and_all man bitter _of soul and_he/it _was over_them (into)_a_commander and_they _were with_him/it about_four hundred(s) man. (SA1_22:2)

OET-RV: 2 Over time, any man who was in trouble, or in debt, or discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader—some four hundred men in all. (SA1 22:2)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מַר’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘bitter’, ‘bitter_[thing]’, ‘bitter_of’, ‘bitterness’, ‘it_is_bitter’, ‘the_bitterness_of’.