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מָרָא

ma.ra

Mara

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Strong’s H4755Proper name, a person1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

mara1

In the text

Ruth 1:20מָרָא
“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַר adj. and subst. bitter, bitterness

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.