מְרוּצָה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4794
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
running tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מְרוּצָה²: n.f. running course tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. 1. running. 2. course (of life):— running, mode, style, of running, cstr. מְרוּצַת 2 S 18:27, מְרֻצַת v 27. course (of life), sf. מְרוּצָתָם Je 8:6 (Qr; > Kt pl. מרצותם), 23:10.—ii. מְרוּצָה Je 22:17 v. sub רצץ.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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: the running (2); [of life] (1); their own (1).
In the verses
כִּ֤י מְנָֽאֲפִים֙ מָלְאָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֤י אָלָה֙ אָבְלָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ יָבְשׁ֖וּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וַתְּהִ֤י מְרֽוּצָתָם֙ רָעָ֔ה וּגְבוּרָתָ֖ם לֹא־כֵֽן׃
Word for word: (dm) adulterers it.is.full the land (dm) because of a.curse it.has.dried.up the land they.have.become.dry [the].pastures of.[the].wilderness and it.has.become [of.life] their.course evil and strength their [is].not right
JPS 1917: For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth, the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַצֹּפֶ֔ה אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ אֶת־מְרוּצַ֣ת הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן כִּמְרֻצַ֖ת אֲחִימַ֣עַץ בֶּן־צָד֑וֹק וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אִֽישׁ־ט֣וֹב זֶ֔ה וְאֶל־בְּשׂוֹרָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה יָבֽוֹא׃
Word for word: and he.said the watchman I [am].seeing (et) the.running of the.first.[one] like the.running of.Ahimaaz the.son of.Zadok and he.said the king [is].a.man good this and with news good he.is.coming
JPS 1917: And the watchman said: 'I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.' And the king said: 'He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.'
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