Lexical Definition

‎מָרוּק‎ mârûwq (maw-rook') rubbing ^H:N-M
from ‎מָרַק‎

purification.

• properly, rubbed
• but used abstractly, a rubbing (with perfumery)

1) scraping, rubbing
1a) of year of preparation of girls for the harem; bodily rubbings

See Greek: θεραπεία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָרוּק‎] (Kö^{ii. 138}) noun [masculine] a scraping, rubbing; — only plural suffix ‎יְמֵי מְרוּקֵיהֶן‎ Esth 2:12 literally the days of their (bodily) rubbings, i.e. the year's preparation of girls for the harem.

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