bitterness: 1. שַׁדַּי הֵמַר נַפְשִׁי Jb 27:2 Shadday, who hath embittered my soul; הֵמַר שַׁדַּי לִי מְאֹד Ru 1:2 0. 2. וְהָמֵר עָלָיו כְּהָמֵר עַל־הַבְּכֹור Zc 12:10 ^(×2) and a bitter outcry ( = lit. shewing bitterness; || מִסְפֵּד , סָפַד ) over him, like a bitter outcry over the first-born.

Hithpalp. Impf. וְיִתְמַרְמַר Dn 11:11 and the king of the south shall embitter himself (be enraged); וַיִּתְמ׳ אֶל־ 8:7 and he was enraged against .

• I . מַר S 4751, 4752 TWOT 1248a, 1249a GK 5253, 5254 adj. and subst. bitter, bitterness ;— abs. מ׳ Pr 27:7 +, הַמַּר Hb 1: 6, מָ˜ר ψ 64:4 +; cstr. מַר 1 S 22:2 +; f. מָרָה Gn 27:34 +, מָרָא Ru 1:2 0; cstr. מָרַת 1 S 1:1 0; mpl. מָרִים Ex 15:23 +; cstr. מָרֵי Ju 18:25 Pr 31: 6;— bitter: 1. lit., of water Ex 15:23 ( J ); food Pr 27:7 ( opp. מָתֹוק ); wormwood ( לַעֲנָה ) Pr 5:4 (in sim. of end of harlot, cf. Ec 7:26 infr .); as subst. pl ., of physical pain, result of curse לְמָרִים

Nu 5:24 , 27 , whence מֵי הַמָּרִים v 18 ( cf. D i) v 1 9, 23 , 24 ; of harmful result of ruthless fighting 2 S 2:26 ; of wickdness Je 2:19 ; 4:18 ; = injurious, hurtful Is 5:20 ^(×2) ( opp. מָתֹוק ). 2. fig. , a. of cry ( צְעָקָה , זְעָקָה ) Gn 27:34 ( J ), Est 4:1 ; מִסְפֵּד מָ˜ר Ez 27:31 ( del. C o); דָּבָר מָ˜ר ψ 64:4 ; as adv. (cry, weep) bitterly Ez 27:30 ( מָרָה ), Zp 1:14 Is 33:7 (both מַר ). b. of feeling, temper, especially c. נֶפֶשׁ : מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ אֲנָשִׁים Ju 18:25 men fierce ( GFM acrid ) of temper , so 2 S 17:8 (like a bear robbed of whelps); הַגֹּוי הַמַּר Hb 1:6 the fierce nation; מַר־נֶפֶשׁ = discontented 1 S 22: 2; מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ = the bitterly wretched Jb 3:20 Pr 31: 6, so מָרַת נ׳ 1 S 1:1 0; cf. יֹום מָ˜ר Am 8:1 0; as subst. abstr. מַר־נֶפֶשׁ bitterness of soul Is 38:15 Ez 27:31 ( del. C o), Jb 7:11 ; 10:1 = נפשׁ מָרָה 21:2 5; cf. מָרָא Ru 1:20 (name given to Naomi by herself); מַר־הַמָּוֶת 1 S 15:32 the bitterness of death; מַר־מִמָּוֶת Ec 7:26 ( metaph. of harlot); in Ez 3:14 I went bitterly , del. מַר Co — Is 38:17 v. מרר .

• מֹר S 4753 TWOT 1248b GK 5255 , מֹור n.m. Ct 5:5 myrrh ( ^{from bitter taste;} Assyrian murru Meissn ^{Suppl. 60}; Arabic مُرٌّ ( murrun ); cf. Lag ^{BN 40}) ;— abs. מֹר ψ 45:9 + 5 times, מֹור Ct 4:6 + 3 times Ct; cstr. מָר־ Ex 30:2 3; sf. מֹורִי Ct 5:1 ;— myrrh (late), an Arabian gum, exuding from the bark of a tree,

opp. opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with. sim. simile.
adv. adverb.
metaph. metaphor, metaphorically.

Meissn B. Meissner, Supplement zum Assyr. Wörterb .