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mrr, mrrˀ (mrār, mrārā) n.m. bitterness
1
bitterness
Qumran, Gal, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
AphDem5.97:3↗ ܘܦܐܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܡܪܪܐ‏ ; P Job17:2↗ ܘܒܡܪܪܗܘܢ ܒܬܬ ܪܘܚܝ‏ ; BT Pes 115b(7)↗ דלמא אגב חולי̇י/ו/̇ה עייל ביה וקא מבטיל ליה למרריה‏ : lest because of (the ḥaroset's) sweetness it will penetrate (the maror) and nullify its bitterness ; CTLevi ar a C.16↗ והוה בכל מרר‏
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בִמרָר : adv. : bitterly
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Ez27:30↗ וְיִצוָחוּן בִמרָר‏ : they shall call out bitterly ; TgEsth2 6:1(5)↗ וכלהון צווחין במרר‏
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harshly(?), against one's will(?)
JLAtg
TgJ Ez3:14↗ וְרוּחָא נְטַלַתנִי וֻנסֵיבַתנִי וַאֲזַלִית בִמרָר בִתקוֹף רוּחִי‏
2
pl. bitter herbs
JLAtg, Gal, Syr
TgO Ex12:8↗ טְוֵי נוּר וֻפַטִיר עַל מְרָרִין יֵיכְלוּנֵיה‏ : they must eat it roasted in the fire and unleavened along with bitter herbs ; P Num9:11↗ ܥܠ ܦܛܝܪܐ ܘܡܪܪܐ ܢܐܟܠܘܢܗ‏ ; P Lam3:15↗ ܐܣܒܥܢܝ ܡܪܪ̈ܐ‏
3
gall, poison
Man
GY 3:11↗ basima hu ḏzihira umrara lit{{a}}<<b>>ẖ : the pleasant whom in whom are neither venom nor gal
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venom
Syr
JSB4 210:15↗ ܡܪ̈ܪ̈ܐ ܕܚܘܝܐ‏ : snake's venoms
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JBA also מרארא
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For "bitter herbs" see also s.v. mrwr.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 839[400]DJPA: 332bDJBA: 711aJastrow: 848Drower/Macuch: 278aPayne-Smith: 2203J. Payne-Smith: 303Levy Ch-W: 2:73

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