Lexical Definition

‎מָרַט‎ mâraṭ (maw-rat') to smooth ^H:V
a primitive root

bright, furbish, (have his) hair (be) fallen off, peeled, pluck off (hair).

• to polish
• by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder)
• also, to sharpen

1) to bare, polish, make smooth or bald or bare
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to make bare
1a2) to scour, polish
1b) (Niphal) to be made bald

See Greek: ἕτοιμος · ῥάπισμα · σπάω · τίλλω

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Aramaic form: מְרַט
‎מְעֻטָּה‎ Ezek 21:20* textual error, see below ‎מרט‎. ‎מַעֲטֶה‎ see ‎עטה‎. [‎מַעֲטָפָה‎] see I. ‎עטף‎.

[‎מָרַט‎] verb make smooth, bare, bald; scour, polish (Late Hebrew id.; pull out, off (feathers, hair); Aramaic . ‎מְרַט‎ id.; Arabic have little hair, pluck out hair); —

Qal Imperfect 1 singular ‎וָאֶמְרְטָה‎ Ezra 9:3, suffix 3 masculine plural ‎וָאֶמְרְטֵם‎ Neh 13:25 Infinitive construct ‎מָרְטָה‎ Ezek 21:16* Participle plural ‎מֹרְטִים‎ Isa 50:6 passive feminine ‎מְרוּטָה‎ Ezek 21:14* + 2 t.; —

1. make bare ‎כָּלכָּֿתֵף מְרוּטָה‎ Ezek 29:18 every shoulder is laid bare (from chafing of burden; || ‎כָּלרֿאֹשׁ מֻקְרָח‎); the cheek (by plucking out beard) ‎גֵּוִי נָתַתִּי‎ ‎לְמַכִּים וּלְחָיַי לְמֹרְטִ֑ים‎ Isa 50:6 with accusative of person ‎וָאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם‎ Neh 13:25 (both acts of violence); of hair and beard ‎וָאֶמְרְטָה מִשְּׂעַר ראֹשִׁי וּזֶקָנִי‎ Ezra 9:3 (sign of grief).

2. scour, polish, a sword, only Ezek 21: vEzra 9:14 (+ ‎הוּחַדָּת‎; Co reads ‎׳‎‎מ‎ as Pu), vEzra 9:16 (strike out Co), vEzra 9:33, + vEzra 9:20 ‎מְרֻטָה‎ for ᵑ0 ‎מְעֻטָּה‎ (Ew Sm Co Berthol). Niph`al Imperfect ‎יִמָּרֵט ראֹשׁוֺ‎ Lev 13:40; Lev 13:41 his head is made bald (by leprosy). Pu`al Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎מֹרָ֑טָה‎ Ezek 21:15*; Ezek 21:16* Participle ‎מְמֹרָט‎ 1Kgs 7:45, ‎מוֺרָט‎ Isa 18:27 (Ges^{«GKC:52»§ 52} R.6): — scoured, polished, of bronze utensils of temple 1Kgs 7:45 of human skin Isa 18:27 of sword Ezek 21:15*; Ezek 21:16* (both + ‎הוּחַדָּה‎, see Qal above)

‎מְרִי‎ see ‎מרה‎. ‎מְרִיבַֿ֫עַל‎, ‎מְרִיבבַּֿ֫עַל‎ see ‎ריב‎. I, II. ‎מְרִיבָה‎ see ‎ריב‎.

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