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מְאֵרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3994

a curse — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

a curse tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְאֵרָה: n.f. curse tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. a curse Dt 28:20 Mal 2:2; 3:9; cstr. מְאֵרַת Pr 3:33; pl. מְאֵרוֹת Pr 28:27.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: curse (3); of curses (1); the curse (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 3:33 · tree →

מְאֵרַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה בְּבֵ֣ית רָשָׁ֑ע וּנְוֵ֖ה צַדִּיקִ֣ים יְבָרֵֽךְ׃

Word for word: the.curse of.Yahweh [is].on.[the] house of.[the].wicked and.[the] habitation of.righteous.[people] he.blesses

JPS 1917: The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

Proverbs 28:27 · tree →

נוֹתֵ֣ן לָ֭רָשׁ אֵ֣ין מַחְס֑וֹר וּמַעְלִ֥ים עֵ֝ינָ֗יו רַב־מְאֵרֽוֹת׃

Word for word: [one.who].gives to the poor there.[is].not lack and [one.who].hides eyes his [is].great of.curses

JPS 1917: He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack; but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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