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H4846

מְרֹרָה

me.ro.rahH:N-F

gall

1) bitter thing, gall, poison 1a) gall, gall-bladder (seat of gall) 1b) poison, venom 1c) bitter thing 1d) bitterness

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[מְרֹרָה] noun feminine bitter thing, gall, poison; construct מְרוֺרַת Job 20:14 suffix מְרֹרָתוֺ vJob 20:25 plural מְרֹרֹת Deut 32:32, מְרֹרוֺת Job 13:36 —

1. gall, i.e. seat of gall, gall-bladder Job 20:25 (|| גֵּוָה back; compare מְרֵרָה Job 16:30).
2. = poison, פְּתָנִים ׳מ Job 20:14.
3. מְרֹרוֺת bitter thing Job 13:26 (of God's edict of judgment).
4. plural abstract = bitterness; אַשְׁכְּלֹת ׳מ Deut 32:32 clusters of bitterness (|| עִנְּבְי רוֺשׁ).

4 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), Job (3)