Lexical Definition

‎מָרַץ‎ mârats (maw-rats') be sick ^H:V
a primitive root

embolden, be forcible, grievous, sore.

• properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to be pungent or vehement
• to irritate

1) to be or make sick
1a) (Niphal) to be grievous or painful
1b) (Hiphil) to make sick

See Greek: παρενοχλέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָרַץ‎] verb be sick, only in derived species (Assyrian II. marâƒu Dl^{HWB 426}; Arabic ; Sabean ‎מרץֿ‎ sick person, sickness, Mordt^{ZMG 1876, 32}; Aramaic verb , ‎מְרַע‎); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 plural ‎נִמְרְצוּ‎ Job 6:25 (but see below); Participle ‎נִמְרָץ‎ Mic 2:10 feminine ‎נִמְרֶ֫צֶת‎ 1Kgs 2:8 — ‎חֶבֶל נִמְרָץ‎ Mic 2:10 a sore, grievous destruction (literally made sick, compare ‎מַכָּה נַחְלָה‎ Jer 14:17); ‎נִמְרֶצֶת קְלָלָה‎ 1Kgs 2:8 a grievous curse. — In Job 6:25 this meaning unsuitable, Bu are strong, effective [compare Assyrian I. marâƒu, be difficult, inaccessible Dl<sup>HWB 425 f.</sup>; always of something repelling]. More probably ‎נמרצו‎ = ‎נמלצו‎ be sweet (compare Ps 119:103) or read ‎נמלצו‎ (q. v.), Che<sup>JQ July, 1897</sup> Du. Hiph`il Imperfect suffix ‎מַהיַּֿמְרִיצְךָ‎ Job 16:3 what sickens thee (what disturbs, vexes thee) that thou answerest ?

[‎מְרֻצָה‎] see ‎מְרוּצָה‎ below ‎רוץ‎. ‎מַרְצֵעַ‎ see ‎רצע‎. ‎מַרְצֶ֫פֶת‎ see ‎רצף‎.

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