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Hebrew wordlink #276939

OSHB Prov 27:7 מַר (mar) Strongs=4751 Lemma=‘מַר’
contextual word gloss=‘bitter_[thing]’ word gloss=‘bitter’
Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-700

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Other uses (6) of identical word form מַר (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מַר’ (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘bitter’, ‘bitter_[thing]’, ‘bitterness’.

ECC 7:26 contextual word gloss=‘bitter’ word gloss=‘bitter’ OSHB ECC 7:26 word 3

OET-LV: 26 And_was_finding I bitter more_than _death DOM the_woman who she is_snares and_is_nets her/its_heart are_fetters hands _of_her a_person_good to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_ʼElohīm he _escapes from_her/it and_a _sinner he _is _captured by_her. (ECC_7:26)

OET-RV: ⇔  26 I learnt that a woman who takes advantage of you leads to more bitterness than death would be—
⇔ her heart is like a net and her hands become chains.
⇔ Any person that’s good in God’s eyes would escape from her,
⇔ but an ungodly person would end up captured by her. (ECC 7:26)

ISA 5:20 contextual word gloss=‘bitter’ word gloss=‘bitter’ OSHB ISA 5:20 word 13

OET-LV: 20 woe _to those_who_say of_evil good and_of_good evil those _who_make darkness into_light and_light into_darkness those _who_make bitter into_sweet and_sweet into_bitter. (ISA_5:20)

OET-RV: 20 Those who call evil good, and good evil, won’t end well.
⇔ ≈ Nor will those who make darkness for light and light for darkness,
⇔ ≈ or who set bitter as sweet and sweet as bitter! (ISA 5:20)

ISA 33:7 contextual word gloss=‘bitter’ word gloss=‘bitterly’ OSHB ISA 33:7 word 7

OET-LV: 7 there their _valiant _one they _have _cried _out outside_to_the messengers _of peace bitter they_weep. (ISA_33:7)

OET-RV: 7 ◙ (ISA 33:7)

ISA 38:17 contextual word gloss=‘bitterness’ word gloss=‘bitterness’ OSHB ISA 38:17 word 3

OET-LV: 17 Here for_welfare bitterness to_me it _was _bitter and_you(ms) you _loved life _of_my from_the_pit _of destruction if/because you _threw _away behind back _of_your all _of sins _of_my. (ISA_38:17)

OET-RV: 17 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 38:17)

EZE 3:14 contextual word gloss=‘bitter’ word gloss=‘bitterness’ OSHB EZE 3:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14 And_spirit it_lifted _me _up and_it_took _me and_I _went bitter in_the _rage _of my_breath/wind/spirit and_the _hand _of YHWH on_me it _was _strong. (EZE_3:14)

OET-RV: 14 Then the spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went with bitterness and rage in my spirit, because Yahweh’s hand was pressing down firmly on me. (EZE 3:14)

ZEP 1:14 contextual word gloss=‘bitter’ word gloss=‘bitter’ OSHB ZEP 1:14 word 11

OET-LV: 14 is_near the _day _of YHWH (the)_great near and_hurrying exceedingly the _sound _of the _day _of YHWH bitter is_shouting there a _warrior. (ZEP_1:14)

OET-RV: ⇔  14 Yahweh’s big day of judgement is near—
⇔ ≈ close and coming quickly.
⇔ The sound of Yahweh’s day is bitter—
⇔ ≈ even warriors will cry out. (ZEP 1:14)

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’.