Lexical Definition

‎מַהֲמֹרָה‎ mahămôrâh (mah-ham-o-raw') flood ^H:N-F
from an unused root of uncertain meaning

deep pit.

• perhaps an abyss

1) a flood, a pit of water, watery pit

See Greek: ταλαιπωρία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַהֲמֹרָה‎] noun feminine flood (compare Arabic √), or watery pit (properly place of flowing waters; compare Symm βοθύνους, and Late Hebrew, NHWB^{iii. 40}) — only plural ‎מַהֲמֹרוֺת‎ Ps 140:11* (Gr Che ‎מכמרות‎, nets, see below ‎כמר‎; compare ‎רֶשֶׁת‎ vPs 140:6*).

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