Lexical Definition

‎מְרֹר‎ mᵉrôr (mer-ore') bitterness ^H:N-M
or מְרוֹר mᵉrôwr (mer-ore'); from ‎מָרַר‎

bitter(-ness).

• a bitter herb

1) bitter thing, bitter herb, bitterness

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מָרֹר‎] noun masculine bitter thing, bitter herb (compare Late Hebrew id., bitter herb; on form see Ba^{NB 194}); — only plural ‎מְרֹרִים‎ Exod 12:8; Num 9:11, ‎מְרוֺרִים‎ Lam 3:15 — bitter herbs, in Passover meal Exod 12:8; Num 9:11 (both P); compare ‎׳‎‎הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַּמּ‎ Lam 3:15, figurative of distress inflicted (|| ‎לַעֲנָה‎).

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