Lexicon / H4755
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.