מָרָא
ma.ra
- Mara
- bitter
- bitterness
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: Mara
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Elimelech (H0458);
mother of: Mahlon (H4248) and Chilion (H3630); also called Mara at Rut.1.20;
Another name of no.o.mi (נׇעֳמִי "Naomi" H5281)
§ Mara = "bitterness"
a name that Naomi called herself due to her calamities
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: bitter; bitterness
Root √מרר: מָרַר vb be bitter Qal be bitter Pi make bitter shew bitterness . Hiph make bitter shew bitterness . Hithpalp and shall embitter himself .the king of the south(be enraged) .
מַר adj subst bitter bitterness . and.