Lexical Definition

‎מַר‎ mar (mar) bitter ^H:A-M
or (feminine) מָרָה mârâh (maw-raw'); from ‎מָרַר‎

[phrase] angry, bitter(-ly, -ness), chafed, discontented, [idiom] great, heavy.

• bitter (literally or figuratively)
• also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly

adj
1) bitter, bitterness
1a) of water or food
1b) of harlot's end, end of wickedness, cry (fig.)
1c) of pain (subst)
adv
2) bitterly

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Extended Information

• adj
• adv

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: מָרָא

I. ‎מַר‎ adjective and substantive bitter, bitterness; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Prov 27:7 +, ‎הַמַּר‎ Hab 1:6, ‎מָ֑ר‎ Ps 64:4* +; construct ‎מַר‎ 1Sam 22:2 +; feminine ‎מָרָה‎ Gen 27:34 +, ‎מָרָא‎ Ruth 1:20 construct ‎מָרַת‎ 1Sam 1:10 masculine plural ‎מָרִים‎ Exod 15:23 +; construct ‎מָרֵי‎ Judg 18:25; Prov 31:6 — bitter:

1. literally, of water Exod 15:23 (J); food Prov 27:7 (opposed to ‎מָתוֺק‎); wormwood (‎לַעֲנָה‎ Prov 5:4 (in simile of end of harlot, compare Eccl 7:26 below); as substantive plural, of physical pain, result of curse ‎לְמָרִים‎ Num 5:24; Num 5:27, whence ‎מֵי הַמָּרִים‎ vNum 5:18 (compare Di) vNum 5:19 vNum 5:23 vNum 5:24 of harmful result of ruthless fighting 2Sam 2:26 of wickedness Jer 2:19; Jer 4:18 = injurious, hurtful Isa 5:20 (twice in verse) (opposed to ‎מָתוֺק‎).

2. figurative,
a. of cry (‎צְעָקָה‎, ‎זְעָקָה‎) Gen 27:34 (J), Esth 4:1 ‎מִסְפֵּד מָ֑ר‎ Ezek 27:31 (strike out Co); ‎דָּבָר מָ֑ר‎ Ps 64:4* as adverb (cry, weep) bitterly Ezek 27:30 (‎מָרָה‎), Zeph 1:14; Isa 33:7 (both ‎מַר‎).
b. of feeling, temper, especially with ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎: ‎אֲנָשִׁים‎ ‎מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ‎ Judg 18:25 men fierce (GFM acrid) of temper, so 2Sam 17:8 (like a bear robbed of whelps); ‎הַגּוֺי הַמַּר‎ Hab 1:6 the fierce nation; ‎מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ‎ = discontented 1Sam 22:2 ‎מַרֵי נֶפֶשׁ‎ = the bitterly wretched Job 3:20; Prov 31:6, so ‎׳‎‎מָרַת נ‎ 1Sam 1:10 compare ‎יוֺם מָ֑ר‎ Amos 8:10 as substantive abstract ‎מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ‎ bitterness of soul Isa 38:15; Ezek 27:31 (strike out Co), Job 7:11; Job 10:1 = ‎נפשׁ מָרָה‎ Job 21:25 compare ‎מָרָא‎ Ruth 1:20 (name given to Naomi by herself); ‎מַרהַֿמָּוֶת‎ 1Sam 15:32 the bitterness of death; ‎מַרמִֿמָּוֶת‎ Eccl 7:26 (metaphor of harlot); in Ezek 3:14 I went bitterly, strike out ‎מַר‎ Co. — Isa 38:17 see ‎מרר‎.

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