מָרַר

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular מַר Es 38,17 + 2 t.; 3 feminine singular מָ֫רָה 1 Sam 30,6; 2 Kong 4,27 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יֵמַר Es 24,9 — be bitter:

1. literal יֵמַר שֵׁכָר לְשֹׁתָיו Es 24,9.

2. figurative מָ֫רָה נֶפֶשׁ 1 Sam 30,6 the soul of all the people was bitter against (עַלֿ); נַפְשָׁהּ מָ֫רָהלָֿהּ 2 Kong 4,27 her soul, it is bitter to her (i.e. she is in bitter distress); impersonal מַרלִֿי מְאֹד מִכֶּם Rut 1,13 it is very bitter to me on your account (I am much distressed), compare Klg 1,4. — לְשָׁלוֺם מַרלִֿי מָ֑ר Es 38,17 is dubious; Che^Comm. for (my) welfare was it (so) bitter to me, (so) bitter, compare Brd; so De Kau (treating מר apparently as adjective ); < Drechsl. Di for my welfare did the bitter become bitter to me (מָ֑ר adjective); Lo Gr, compare Buhl (sub מַר adjective ), read מָר for מַר (√ מור), the bitter is changed for me into welfare; Che^{Hpt strike out} מָ֑ר; Du (after ᵐ5) strike out clause as gloss. Pi`el Imperfect 1 singular אֲמָרֵר Es 22,4 3 masculine plural וַיְמָֽרֲרוּ 2 Mos 1,14, suffix וַיְמָֽרֲרֻהוּ 1 Mos 49,23 — make bitter, shew bitterness: —

1. ׳וַיְמ 1 Mos 49,23 (poem) and the archers shewed bitterness (i.e. bitter hostility) toward him (suffix of indirect object); אֲמָרֵר בַּבֶּכִ֑י Es 22,4 I will shew bitterness in weeping (= weep bitterly).

2. אֶתחַֿיֵּיהֶם ׳וַיְמ 2 Mos 1,14 (P) and they made their lives bitter by slavery. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הֵמַר Rut 1,20; Job 27,2 Imperfect 2 masculine singular תַּמֵּר 2 Mos 23,21 (but read תֶּ֫מֶר √ מרה Hiph`il q. v.); Infinitive absolute הָמֵר Zak 12,10 (twice in verse); — make bitter, shew bitterness:

1. שַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִׁי Job 27,2 Shadday, who hath embittered my soul; הֵמַר שַׁדַּי לִי מְאֹד Rut 1,20.

2. וְהָמֵר עָלָיו כְּהָמֵר עַלהַֿבְּכוֺר Zak 12,10 and a bitter outcry (= literally shewing bitterness; || מִסְפֵּד, סָפַד) over him, like a bitter outcry over the first-born. Hithpalpel Imperfect וְיִתְמַרְמַר Dan 11,11 and the king of the south shall embitter himself (be enraged); אֶלֿ ׳וַיִּתְמ Dan 8,7 and he was enraged against.