מְרֹרָהmᵉrôrâh
bitter thing, gall, poison
Pronunciation: mer-o-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4846
Meanings
1. i.e. seat of gall, gall-bladder (Job 20:25; Job 16:30)
2. = poison (Job 20:14)
3. bitter thing (Job 13:26)
4. = bitterness (Deuteronomy 32:32)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 32:32 Their vine grows from the vine of Sodom, from the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poison, and their clusters are bitter.
- Job 13:26 “You write bitter accusations against me and bring up all the sins of my youth.
- Job 20:14 But suddenly the food in their bellies turns sour, a poisonous venom in their stomach.
- Job 20:25 The arrow is pulled from their back, and the arrowhead glistens with blood. The terrors of death are upon them.
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).