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מָרוֹם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4791

height — used 54 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

height tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָרוֹם²: n.m. height tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Ec 10:6 height (poet.);—abs. מ׳ Mi 6:6 +; cstr. מְרוֹם 2 K 19:23 +; pl. מְרוֹמִים Is 33:16 +; cstr. מְרוֹמֵי Ju 5:18; sf. מְרוֹמָיו Jb 25:2;— height, elevation (concr.), elevated place: מְרוֹמֵי שָׂדֶה Ju 5:18, בְּרֹאשׁ מְרֹמִים Pr 8:2; מְרוֹם שִׁבְתּוֹ Ob 3 (cf. Now), מְרוֹם גִּבְעָה in ‖ Je 49:16; מ׳ הָרִים top of mts. 2 K 19:23 = Is 37:24a, מ׳ קִצּוֹ v 24 b; מ׳ עֻזָּהּ Je 51:53 (of Bab.); city Pr 9:14; Zion, מ׳ Je 17:12, מ׳ צִיּוֹן 31:12, בְּהַר מ׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ez 17:23; 20:40, בְּהָרֵי מ׳ יִשׂ׳ 34:14; indef., Hb 2:9 (in fig.), לָשׂוּם שְׁפָלִים לְמ׳ Jb 5:11; מיכִּרַ בַּמְּרוֹמִים Ec 10:6 (of high office, rank; opp. שֵׁפֶל); ישְׁבֵי מָרוֹם Is 26:5, i.e. in (supposed) security, cf. מְרוֹמִים יִשְׁכֹּן 33:16 (‖ מְצָרוֹת סְלָעִים); לַמּ׳ on high (Germ. in die Höhe) ψ 75:6, so בַּמּ׳ Jb 39:18, adv.=in a high place Is 22:16. מ׳ alone = height of heaven: אֱלֹהֵי מָרוֹם Mi 6:6; 2 S 22:17 = ψ 18:17; Is 24:21(×2); 32:15; 57:15; 58:4; La 1:13; ψ 7:8; 68:19; 71:19; 93:4; 144:7, pl. Jb 25:2; ‖ שָׁמַיִם, מ׳ קָדְשׁוֹ ψ 102:20, מְרוֹמִים Jb 16:19 ψ 148:1; ‖ מְעוֹן קָדְשׁוֹ Je 25:30, ‖ מָ֑עַל Jb 31:2 (pl.), opp. מוֹסְדֵי אֶרֶץ Is 24:18; as pred. of י׳ ψ 92:9 cf. 10:5; as adv. (i.e. in heaven) 2 K 19:22 Is 33:5; 37:23; 40:26; לַּמּ׳ towards heaven Is 38:14; ψ 68:19; בַּמּ׳ Is 24:21, מִמּ׳ ψ 73:8 they speak (as if) from the sky, from heaven (i.e. so arrogantly). מ׳ adv. 2 S 22:17 = ψ 18:17 fig., = proudly ψ 56:3 (so Gei Hup-Now al., cf. Che, but dub.), Bae in high station; Du reads מַריוֹם (יוֹם to v4; as dittogr.?). fig. of nobles (coll.) מְרוֹם עַם־הָאָרֶץ Is 24:4.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 51 of its verses cited, 1 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: a high place (12); height (8); the height (6).

In the verses

Psalms 92:9 · tree →

וְאַתָּ֥ה מָר֗וֹם לְעֹלָ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃

Word for word: and you [are].height forever of.perpetuity O.Yahweh

JPS 1917: But Thou, O LORD, art on high for evermore.

Proverbs 8:2 · tree →

בְּרֹאשׁ־מְרוֹמִ֥ים עֲלֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ בֵּ֖ית נְתִיב֣וֹת נִצָּֽבָה׃

Word for word: at.[the] top of.[the].heights on [the].way between [the].pathways she.stations.herself

JPS 1917: In the top of high places by the way, where the paths meet, she standeth;

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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