Lexical Definition

‎מְרֹרָה‎ mᵉrôrâh (mer-o-raw') gall ^H:N-F
or מְרוֹרָה mᵉrôwrâh (mer-oraw'); from ‎מָרַר‎

bitter (thing), gall.

• properly, bitterness
• concretely, a bitter thing
• specifically bile
• also venom (of a serpent)

1) bitter thing, gall, poison
1a) gall, gall-bladder (seat of gall)
1b) poison, venom
1c) bitter thing
1d) bitterness

See Greek: κακός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מְרֹרָה‎] noun feminine bitter thing, gall, poison; construct ‎מְרוֺרַת‎ Job 20:14 suffix ‎מְרֹרָתוֺ‎ vJob 20:25 plural ‎מְרֹרֹת‎ Deut 32:32, ‎מְרֹרוֺת‎ Job 13:36 —

1. gall, i.e. seat of gall, gall-bladder Job 20:25 (|| ‎גֵּוָה‎ back; compare ‎מְרֵרָה‎ Job 16:30).

2. = poison, ‎פְּתָנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Job 20:14.

3. ‎מְרֹרוֺת‎ bitter thing Job 13:26 (of God's edict of judgment).

4. plural abstract = bitterness; ‎אַשְׁכְּלֹת‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Deut 32:32 clusters of bitterness (|| ‎עִנְּבְי רוֺשׁ‎).

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