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# מַמְרֵא

Biblical Hebrew

**Mamre** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Mamre [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5de_5b0_5e8_5b5_5d0/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַמְרֵא: n.pr.m. loc. Mamre n.pr.m. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5de_5b0_5e8_5b5_5d0/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. et loc. Mamre, only in Gn: in J only אֵלֹנֵי מַמְרֵא terebinths of M. (n.pr.m.?), Gn 13:18 (defined by אֲשֶׁר בְּחֶבְרוֹן), 18:1 (in both the dwelling-place of Abraham). n.pr.m. in Gn 14:13 (אֵלֹנֵי מ׳ הָאֱמֹרִי), cf. v 24 (where ally of Abr.) n.pr.loc. in P: near Abr.’s place of burial Gn 23:17; 25:9; 49:30; 50:13; appar. identified with Hebron 23:19; 35:27, cf. Di.—𝔊 Μαμβρη.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Mamre (6); Mamre (2).

## In the verses

[Genesis 18:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.1/#tree)

וַיֵּרָ֤א אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה בְּאֵלֹנֵ֖י מַמְרֵ֑א וְה֛וּא יֹשֵׁ֥ב פֶּֽתַח־הָאֹ֖הֶל כְּחֹ֥ם הַיּֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and he.appeared to him Yahweh at the.great.trees of.Mamre and he \[was\].sitting the.opening of the.tent about the.heat of the.day

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD appeared unto him by the terebinths of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

[Genesis 13:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.18/#tree)

וַיֶּאֱהַ֣ל אַבְרָ֗ם וַיָּבֹ֛א וַיֵּ֛שֶׁב בְּאֵלֹנֵ֥י מַמְרֵ֖א אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּחֶבְר֑וֹן וַיִּֽבֶן־שָׁ֥ם מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.moved.tent Abram and he.went and he.dwelt at the.great.trees of.Mamre which \[are\].at Hebron and he.built there an.altar to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5de_5b0_5e8_5b5_5d0/): 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).