מְעָרָה

מְעָרָה₄₀ noun feminine cave; — absolute ׳מ 1 Mos 19,30 +; construct מְעָרַת 1 Mos 23,19 +; plural מְעָרוֺת Dom 6,2 +, construct id. Es 2,19 — cave, especially as place of sojourn or refuge 1 Mos 19,30 (J), 1 Sam 24,3 (twice in verse); 1 Sam 24,7; 1 Sam 24,8; 1 Sam 24,10 (Ginsb; v.1 Sam 24,4 v.1 Sam 24,8 v.1 Sam 24,9 v.1 Sam 24,11 van d. H. Bear), 1 Kong 19,1; 1 Kong 19,13; Ezk 33,27; Jos 10,16 (בַמַּקֵּדָה ׳מ) + 7 t. Jos 10,1–200; Dom 6,2; 1 Sam 13,6; 1 Kong 18,4; 1 Kong 18,13, compare Sl 57,1; Sl 142,1 מְעָרוֺת צֻרִים Es 2,19, hence פָּרִצִים ׳מ Jer 7,11 robbers' cave; Es 32,14 den (of wild beasts); — עֲדֻלָּם ׳מ 1 Sam 22,1; 2 Sam 23,13, whence in || 1 Kron 11,15, read probably ׳מְצֻדַת ע or מְצָדַת We, compare Dr, Bu Kit HPS; — as burial place, הַמַּכְפֵּלָה ׳מ 1 Mos 23,9 + (see מַכְפֵּלָה) = ׳מ alone 1 Mos 23,11; 1 Mos 23,17; 1 Mos 23,20; 1 Mos 49,29; 1 Mos 49,32 (all P). אֲשֶׁר לַצִּידֹנִים ׳מ Jos 13,4 (D), cave-region in Lebanon east of Sidon, modern Mughâr Gezzîn, according to most, but dubious; perhaps, rather, near Tyre Buhl^{MDPV 1895, 55}.