מָאַר
mâʼar · maw-ar'
to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter, i.e. be painful
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter, i.e. be painful
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fretting, picking.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָאַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is a fretting1 · 25%
- is: for it is a fretting1 · 25%
- it is a fretting1 · 25%
- and there shall be no more a pricking1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.