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# מָרָד

Biblical Aramaic

**rebellious** — used 2 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

rebellious [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d3/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מָרָד: adj. rebellious [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d3/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. rebellious;—of city, f. abs. מָרָדָא Ezr 4:15, emph. מָרָֽדְתָּא (K ib.) v 12.

### Jastrow 1903

מְרַד: to rebel, run away Hithpa. to rule to become rebellious, run away [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d3/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** = h. מָרַד I, to rebel, run away. Targ. I Kings XV, 27 (h. text קשר). Targ. II Kings IX, 14 (ed. Wil. מריד; h. text קשר Hithpa.). Targ. Jer. VIII, 5 למִמְרַד מן ed. Lag. (ed. למרד) to run away from (desert); a. fr.—Ber. 44ᵃ עד דמריד until he ran away (bewildered). cmp. מֶרֶד II a. רָדָה) to rule. Targ. Lam. I, 7. to become rebellious, run away. Keth. 63ᵇ אִימְּרִידָא Rashi (ed. אִימְרְדָה, Alf. אִימְרְדָא) ran away (from her husband). B. Mets. 84ᵇ אימרדה אזלה וכ׳ (Ms. M. אימרי׳, v. מְרִי) she ran away and went to her paternal home.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (17 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: (the) (1); rebellious (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 4:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.12/#tree)

יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֗א דִּ֤י סְלִ֙קוּ֙ מִן־לְוָתָ֔ךְ עֲלֶ֥ינָא אֲת֖וֹ לִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם קִרְיְתָ֨א מָֽרָדְתָּ֤א וּבִֽישְׁתָּא֙בָּנַ֔יִן וְשׁוּרַיָּ֣א שַׁכְלִ֔ילוּ וְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖א יַחִֽיטוּ׃

*Word for word:* known let.it.be to the king (diy).that the Jews who they.came.up from beside you to us they.have.come to Jerusalem the city (the) rebellious and (the) evil \[they.are\].building and the walls they.have.finished and the foundations they.are.repairing

*JPS 1917:* be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and are digging out the foundations.

[Ezra 4:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.15/#tree)

דִּ֡י יְבַקַּר֩ בִּֽסְפַר־דָּכְרָ֨נַיָּ֜א דִּ֣י אֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ וּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּח בִּסְפַ֣ר דָּכְרָנַיָּא֮ וְתִנְדַּע֒ דִּי֩ קִרְיְתָ֨א דָ֜ךְ קִרְיָ֣א מָֽרָדָ֗א וּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤ת מַלְכִין֙ וּמְדִנָ֔ן וְאֶשְׁתַּדּוּר֙ עָבְדִ֣ין בְּגַוַּ֔הּ מִן־יוֹמָ֖ת עָלְמָ֑א עַ֨ל־דְּנָ֔ה קִרְיְתָ֥א דָ֖ךְ הָֽחָרְבַֽת׃

*Word for word:* that he.will.search in the.book of the.records (diy).of fathers your and you.will.find in the.book of the.records and you.will.know (diy).that the city this \[is\].a.city rebellious and injuring (of).kings and provinces and a.revolt \[it.was\].making in midst its from the.days of.(the) antiquity on this the city this it.was.laid.waste

*JPS 1917:* that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers; so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d3.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5e8_5b8_5d3/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).