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mrh, mrtˀ (merrā, merṯā) n.f. gall
1
gall, bile
CPA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
Hom4 1.1:20↗ ܡܪܝܪܐ ܓܪ ‍[‍ܡܢ‍]‍ ܡܝܪܬܐ‏ ; BhEth 464:18 ܡܪܬܐ ܟܝܬ ܣܘܡܩܬܐ ܘܡܪܬܐ ܐܘܟܡܬܐ‏ : i.e., red bile and black bile ; P Dt29:17↗ ܥܩ݁ܪܐ ܕܡܘܥܐ ܡܐܪܬܐ ܘܓ̈ܕܕܐ‏ : a root that sprouts gall and wormwood ; P Prov10:20↗ ܠܒܐ ܕܥܘ̈ܠܐ ܡܪܬܐ/ܡܪܝܪܬܐ/ ܗܘ‏ ; HM(1) 82:(1)16↗ למרתא ולניפקא‏ : for gall and swelling (??) ; DRaza 186↗ ˁudnia ḏkabda ḏhad mašqilẖ zma liaminẖ uhad mašqilẖ mirta lsmalẖ : the lobes of the liver, one of which provides blood to its right and one provides gall to its left
(1)
gall-bladder
Sam
2
venom
JLAtg, Syr, Man
TgO Deut32:33↗ הָא כְמִרַת תַנִינַיָא כָס פוֹרעֲנוּתְהוֹן‏ : their cup of retribution is like the venom of serpents ; AphDem14.255:21↗ ܕܙܠܝܥܝܢ ܡܢ ܡܪܬܗ ܕܚܘܝܐ‏ : that are imbued with the snake's venom ; P Job20:14↗ ܠܚܡܗ ܒܡ̈ܥܘܗܝ ܢܬܗܦܟ܂ ܘܡܪܬܐ ܕܬܢܝܢܐ ܒܓܘܗ‏
(1)
poison
OfAtranslit, Syr, Man
UrukInc 6, 9↗ ag​gan​nu ma​zi​ga​a' mé​er​ra​a' it​ta​ši​da​at : a bowl is mixed, poison spilled out (אגן מזיגה מרה אתאשדת) ; EphFid II:24↗ ܛܘܒܘܗܝ ܠܐܝܢܐ ܕܠܐ ܛܥܡܗ݀ | ܠܡܐܪܬܐ ܕܚܟܡܬ ܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ‏ : happy is the one who has not tasted the poison the wisdom of the Greeks
3
fig. : bitter taste
Sam, Syr
EphFid 63:13.6↗ ܕܢܛܥܡܘܢ ܚܘܒܗ ܛܥܡܗ ܠܡܪܬܗܘܢ‏ : so that they would taste His love, He tasted their gall ; ActsThom 316:16↗ ܐܝܠܢܐ ܕܦܐܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܡܪܬܐ ܗܘ‏ : the tree whose fruits are bitterness ; DeathSatan2 21↗ ܠܡܸܪܲܬ ܫܸܢܸ̈ܐ ܡܸܬܗܲܦܟܵܐ ܗܼܝ ܚܲܠܝܽܘܬܵܟ‏ : your sweetness turns to bitterness on the teeth
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bitter confrontation
CPA
Geron 5.2:7↗ ܘܡܢ ܡܝܪܬܐ ܗܘ ܥܪܩ‏
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See also s.v. mrrh, mrrtˀ n.f.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 839[400]DJBA: 711aJastrow: 838Drower/Macuch: 263a, 344b, 270aPayne-Smith: 2203Levy Ch-W: 2:64Tal Sam: 488DNWSI: 690DCPA[Schulthess]: 221[]

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