Lexical Definition

‎מַמְרֵא‎ Mamrêʼ (mam-ray') Mamre ^N:N--L
from ‎מָרָא‎(in the sense of vigor); lusty

Mamre.

• § Mamre = "strength" or "fatness"
• Mamre, an Amorite

n pr m
1) an Amorite who allied himself with Abram
n pr loc
2) an oak grove on Mamre's land in Palestine where Abraham dwelt
3) a place near Abraham's burial place, apparently identified with Hebron

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַמְרֵא‎ proper name, masculine and of a location Mamre, only in Genesis:

1. in J only ‎אֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא‎ terebinths of Mamre (proper name, masculine?), Gen 13:18 (defined by ‎אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֺן‎), Gen 18:1 (in both the dwelling-place of Abraham).

2. proper name, masculine in Gen 14:13 (‎הָאֱמֹרִי‎ ‎׳‎‎אֵלֹנֵי מ‎), compare vGen 14:24 (where ally of Abraham)

3. proper name, of a location in P: near Abraham's place of burial Gen 23:17; Gen 25:9; Gen 49:30; Gen 50:3 apparently identified with Hebron Gen 23:19; Gen 35:27, compare Di. — ᵐ5 Μαμβρη.

‎מִמְשַׁח‎ see ‎משׁח‎. ‎מִמְשָׁל‎, ‎מֶמְשָׁלָה‎, ‎מֶמְשֶׁ֫לֶת‎ see ‎משׁל‎ [‎מִמְשָׁק‎] see ‎משׁק‎. ‎מַמְתַֿקִּים‎ see ‎מתק‎.

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