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# מְרוּצָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4794

**running** — used 4 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

running [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4794/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְרוּצָה²: n.f. running course [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4794/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. running. 2. course (of life):— running, mode, style, of running, cstr. מְרוּצַת 2 S 18:27, מְרֻצַת v 27. course (of life), sf. מְרוּצָתָם Je 8:6 (Qr; \> Kt pl. מרצותם), 23:10.—ii. מְרוּצָה Je 22:17 v. sub רצץ.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the running (2); \[of life\] (1); their own (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 23:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.23.10/#tree)

כִּ֤י מְנָֽאֲפִים֙ מָלְאָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּֽי־מִפְּנֵ֤י אָלָה֙ אָבְלָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ יָבְשׁ֖וּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וַתְּהִ֤י מְרֽוּצָתָם֙ רָעָ֔ה וּגְבוּרָתָ֖ם לֹא־כֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) adulterers it.is.full the land (dm) because of a.curse it.has.dried.up the land they.have.become.dry \[the\].pastures of.\[the\].wilderness and it.has.become \[of.life\] their.course evil and strength their \[is\].not right

*JPS 1917:* For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth, the pastures of the wilderness are dried up; and their course is evil, and their force is not right.

[2 Samuel 18:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.27/#tree)

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַצֹּפֶ֔ה אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ אֶת־מְרוּצַ֣ת הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן כִּמְרֻצַ֖ת אֲחִימַ֣עַץ בֶּן־צָד֑וֹק וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אִֽישׁ־ט֣וֹב זֶ֔ה וְאֶל־בְּשׂוֹרָ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה יָבֽוֹא׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the watchman I \[am\].seeing (et) the.running of the.first.\[one\] like the.running of.Ahimaaz the.son of.Zadok and he.said the king \[is\].a.man good this and with news good he.is.coming

*JPS 1917:* And the watchman said: 'I think the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok.' And the king said: 'He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.'

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4794/): 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).