מַמְרֵא
Biblical Hebrew
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
Mamre tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מַמְרֵא: n.pr.m. loc. Mamre n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.pr.m. et loc. Mamre, only in Gn: in J only אֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא terebinths of M. (n.pr.m.?), Gn 13:18 (defined by אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן), 18:1 (in both the dwelling-place of Abraham). n.pr.m. in Gn 14:13 (אֵלֹנֵי מ׳ הָאֱמֹרִי), cf. v 24 (where ally of Abr.) n.pr.loc. in P: near Abr.’s place of burial Gn 23:17; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13; appar. identified with Hebron 23:19; 35:27, cf. Di.—𝔊 Μαμβρη.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Mamre (6); Mamre (2).
In the verses
וַיֵּרָ֤א אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּאֵלֹנֵ֖י מַמְרֵ֑א וְה֛וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב פֶּֽתַח־הָאֹ֖הֶל כְּחֹ֥ם הַיּֽוֹם׃
Word for word: and he.appeared to him Yahweh at the.great.trees of.Mamre and he [was].sitting the.opening of the.tent about the.heat of the.day
JPS 1917: And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ל אַבְרָ֗ם וַיָּבֹ֛א וַיֵּ֛שֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵ֥י מַמְרֵ֖א אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֥ם מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃פ
Word for word: and he.moved.tent Abram and he.went and he.dwelt at the.great.trees of.Mamre which [are].at Hebron and he.built there an.altar to Yahweh
JPS 1917: And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
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