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מַמְרֵא

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Mamre

§ Mamre = "strength" or "fatness" an oak grove on Mamre's land in Palestine where Abraham dwelt a place near Abraham's burial place, apparently identified with Hebron

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מַמְרֵא proper name, masculine and of a location Mamre, only in Genesis:

1. in J only אֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא terebinths of Mamre (proper name, masculine?), Gen 13:18 (defined by אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֺן), Gen 18:1 (in both the dwelling-place of Abraham).
2. proper name, masculine in Gen 14:13 (הָאֱמֹרִי ׳אֵלֹנֵי מ), compare vGen 14:24 (where ally of Abraham)
3. proper name, of a location in P: near Abraham's place of burial Gen 23:17; Gen 25:9; Gen 49:30; Gen 50:3 apparently identified with Hebron Gen 23:19; Gen 35:27, compare Di. — ᵐ5 Μαμβρη.


מִמְשַׁח see משׁח.


מִמְשָׁל, מֶמְשָׁלָה, מֶמְשֶׁ֫לֶת see משׁל


[מִמְשָׁק] see משׁק. מַמְתַֿקִּים see מתק.


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