מְעָרָהmᵉʻârâh

Same root

• עוּרʻûwr · H5783to (be) bare
• מְעָרָהMᵉʻârâh · H4632Mearah, a place in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 39 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 19:30 Afterward Lot left Zoar because he was afraid of the people there, and he went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.
• Genesis 23:9 to let me buy his cave at Machpelah, down at the end of his field. I will pay the full price in the presence of witnesses, so I will have a permanent burial place for my family.”
• Genesis 23:11 “No, my lord,” he said to Abraham, “please listen to me. I will give you the field and the cave. Here in the presence of my people, I give it to you. Go and bury your dead.”
• Genesis 23:17 So Abraham bought the plot of land belonging to Ephron at Machpelah, near Mamre. This included the field itself, the cave that was in it, and all the surrounding trees.
• Genesis 23:19 Then Abraham buried his wife, Sarah, there in Canaan, in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre (also called Hebron).
• Genesis 23:20 So the field and the cave were transferred from the Hittites to Abraham for use as a permanent burial place.