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Hebrew wordlink #270518

OSHB Prov 5:4 מָרָה (mārāh) Strongs=4751 Lemma=‘מַר’
contextual word gloss=‘[is]_bitter’ word gloss=‘bitter’
Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1000

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Other uses (3) of identical word form מָרָה (Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מָרָה’ (Morphology=Aafsa PoS=adjective Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘[is]_bitter’, ‘bitter’.

2 SAM 2:26 contextual word gloss=‘bitter’ word gloss=‘bitterness’ OSHB 2 SAM 2:26 word 12

OET-LV: 26 And_ ʼAⱱnēr _he/it _called to Yōʼāⱱ and_he/it _said to_perpetuity will _it _devour the_sword am_not do _you _know if/because _that bitter it _will _be at_last and_unto when not will _you _say to_people to_turn _back from_after brothers _of_their. (SA2_2:26)

OET-RV: 26 Abner called out to Yoav, “Are we just going to keep killing each other? Don’t you know that the only result can be more bitterness? How long will you go on before you command your people to stop killing their cousins?” (SA2 2:26)

JOB 21:25 contextual word gloss=‘bitter’ word gloss=‘bitter’ OSHB JOB 21:25 word 4

OET-LV: 25 And_this he _will _die with_a _soul bitter and_not he _has _eaten in_good _of. (JOB_21:25)

OET-RV: 25 But others die full of bitterness,
⇔ and they haven’t tasted prosperity. (JOB 21:25)

EZE 27:30 contextual word gloss=‘bitter’ word gloss=‘bitterly’ OSHB EZE 27:30 word 5

OET-LV: 30 And_they _will _make _heard on_you (in)_their _of_voice and_they _will _cry _out bitter and_they _will _bring _up dust on heads _of_their in_ash[es] they _will _roll. (EZE_27:30)

OET-RV: 30 then they’ll raise their voices towards you and will wail bitterly.
⇔ They’ll throw dust up onto their heads. They’ll roll around to get covered in ashes. (EZE 27:30)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מַר’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘Marah’, ‘[is]_bitter’, ‘bitter’, ‘he_rebelled_against’, ‘it_is_bitter’, ‘it_was_bitter’.