Midvash

מָרַץmârats

be sick

Pronunciation: maw-rats' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4834

Meanings

Niph`al: literally made sick (Job 6:25; Micah 2:10; 1 Kings 2:8)

Hiph`il: (what disturbs, vexes thee) (Job 16:3)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 2:8 “And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the Lord that I would not kill him.
  • Job 6:25 Honest words can be painful, but what do your criticisms amount to?
  • Job 16:3 Won’t you ever stop blowing hot air? What makes you keep on talking?
  • Micah 2:10 Up! Begone! This is no longer your land and home, for you have filled it with sin and ruined it completely.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).