מַר

1. literally, of water 2 Mos 15,23 (J); food Ord 27,7 (opposed to מָתוֺק); wormwood (לַעֲנָה Ord 5,4 (in simile of end of harlot, compare Praed 7,26 below); as substantive plural, of physical pain, result of curse לְמָרִים 4 Mos 5,24; 4 Mos 5,27, whence מֵי הַמָּרִים v4 Mos 5,18 (compare Di) v4 Mos 5,19 v4 Mos 5,23 v4 Mos 5,24 of harmful result of ruthless fighting 2 Sam 2,26 of wickedness Jer 2,19; Jer 4,18 = injurious, hurtful Es 5,20 (twice in verse) (opposed to מָתוֺק).

2. figurative,
\ \ a. of cry (צְעָקָה, זְעָקָה) 1 Mos 27,34 (J), Est 4,1 מִסְפֵּד מָ֑ר Ezk 27,31 (strike out Co); דָּבָר מָ֑ר Sl 64,4 as adverb (cry, weep) bitterly Ezk 27,30 (מָרָה), Sef 1,14; Es 33,7 (both מַר).
\ \ b. of feeling, temper, especially with נֶפֶשׁ: אֲנָשִׁים מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ Dom 18,25 men fierce (GFM acrid) of temper, so 2 Sam 17,8 (like a bear robbed of whelps); הַגּוֺי הַמַּר Hab 1,6 the fierce nation; מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ = discontented 1 Sam 22,2 מַרֵי נֶפֶשׁ = the bitterly wretched Job 3,20; Ord 31,6, so ׳מָרַת נ 1 Sam 1,10 compare יוֺם מָ֑ר Amos 8,10 as substantive abstract מַרנֶֿפֶשׁ bitterness of soul Es 38,15; Ezk 27,31 (strike out Co), Job 7,11; Job 10,1 = נפשׁ מָרָה Job 21,25 compare מָרָא Rut 1,20 (name given to Naomi by herself); מַרהַֿמָּוֶת 1 Sam 15,32 the bitterness of death; מַרמִֿמָּוֶת Praed 7,26 (metaphor of harlot); in Ezk 3,14 I went bitterly, strike out מַר Co. — Es 38,17 see מרר.