מֵרוֹם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4792

Merom — used 2 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

Merom tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֵרוֹם: n.pr.loc. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.loc. only in מֵי מֵרוֹם Jos 11:5, 7 waters of Merom, in N. Canaan;=Lake Ḥule, according to Rel and many, but dub., cf. Di BädPal. 3. 259 GASmGeogr. 481 BuhlGeogr. 113.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Merom (2).

In the verses

Joshua 11:5 · tree →

וַיִּוָּ֣עֲד֔וּ כֹּ֖ל הַמְּלָכִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ וַיַּחֲנ֤וּ יַחְדָּו֙ אֶל־מֵ֣י מֵר֔וֹם לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם עִם־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ

Word for word: and they.gathered all the kings (the) these and they.came and they.encamped together to the.water of.Merom to wage.war with Israel

JPS 1917: And all these kings met together, and they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

Joshua 11:7 · tree →

וַיָּבֹ֣א יְהוֹשֻׁ֡עַ וְכָל־עַם֩ הַמִּלְחָמָ֨ה עִמּ֧וֹ עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם עַל־מֵ֥י מֵר֖וֹם פִּתְאֹ֑ם וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ בָּהֶֽם׃

Word for word: and he.came Joshua and all the.people of.(the) war with him on them at the.waters of.Merom suddenly and they.fell on them

JPS 1917: So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.

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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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