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# מַעַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4626

**bare** — used 2 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

bare [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4626/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַעֲרֶה: bare, naked place [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4626/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bare, naked place (hence Μαραθών, Marathon, according to LewyFremdw. 144);— bare place, or space: cstr. מִמַּעֲרֵה־גָ֑בַע Ju 20:33 bare (open) space of Gebaʿ (si vera l.; but v. ii. מַעֲרָב); כְּמַעַר־אִישׁ 1 K 7:36 according to the clear space on each (plate, v. לוּחַ). sf. מַעְרֵךְ Na 3:5 fig. of Nineveh (pudenda exposed in shameful punishment; cf. עֶרְוָה).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[1 Kings 7:36](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.36/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.7.36/#tree)

וַיְפַתַּ֤ח עַל־הַלֻּחֹת֙ יְדֹתֶ֔יהָ וְעַל֙ מִסְגְּרֹתֶ֔יהָ כְּרוּבִ֖ים אֲרָי֣וֹת וְתִמֹרֹ֑ת כְּמַֽעַר־אִ֥ישׁ וְלֹי֖וֹת סָבִֽיב׃

*Word for word:* and he.engraved on the plates hands its and on rims its cherubim lions and palm.trees according to.the.clear.space of.each and wreaths \[were\].all.around

*JPS 1917:* And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about.

[Nahum 3:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.3.5/#tree)

הִנְנִ֣י אֵלַ֗יִךְ נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת וְגִלֵּיתִ֥י שׁוּלַ֖יִךְ עַל־פָּנָ֑יִךְ וְהַרְאֵיתִ֤י גוֹיִם֙ מַעְרֵ֔ךְ וּמַמְלָכ֖וֹת קְלוֹנֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* here I \[am\].against you the.utterance of.Yahweh of.hosts and I.will.uncover of.your.robe the.skirts over face your and I.will.show nations nakedness your and kingdoms shame your

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4626.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4626/): 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).