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מֹר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4753

myrrh — used 12 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

myrrh tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֹר: n.m. myrrh tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Ct 5:5 myrrh (from bitter taste; Assyrian murru MeissnSuppl. 60; Arabic مُرٌّ; cf. LagBN 40);—abs. מֹר ψ 45:9 + 5 times, מוֹר Ct 4:6 + 3 times Ct; cstr. מָר־ Ex 30:23; sf. מוֹרִי Ct 5:1;—myrrh (late), an Arabian gum, exuding from the bark of a tree, Balsamodendron Myrrha (v. Sigismund Aromata 12 f. RiHWB s. v.):—as flowing, i.e. fine, choice (carefully prepared by pressing and mixing, cf. Di Ex 30:23 RiHWB): מָר־דְּרוֹר Ex 30:23 (v. i. דְּרוֹר), ingredient of sacred oil; מוֹר עֹבֵר Ct 5:5, 13 (as perfume); cf. (as perfume) Ct 1:13; 4:14; 5:1, 5; הַר־הַמּוֹר 4:6, i.e. where it is gathered; as perfume also ψ 45:9 Pr 7:17, as incense מְקֻטֶּרֶת מֹר וּלְבֹנָה Ct 3:6; שֶׁמֶן הַמּוֹר as unguent Est 2:12.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: myrrh (10); [are] myrrh (1); of myrrh (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 7:17 · tree →

נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃

Word for word: I.have.sprinkled bed my myrrh aloes and cinnamon

JPS 1917: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Song of Songs 1:13 · tree →

צְר֨וֹר הַמֹּ֤ר ׀ דּוֹדִי֙ לִ֔י בֵּ֥ין שָׁדַ֖י יָלִֽין׃

Word for word: [is].(the).bag of.(the) myrrh lover my to me between breasts my it.lodges

JPS 1917: My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.

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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