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# תַּמְרוּרִים

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8563

**bitterness** — used 3 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

bitterness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8563/#m1)

Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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 bitterness(es) (2); bitterness(es) (1).

## In the verses

[Hosea 12:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.12.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.12.15/#tree)

הִכְעִ֥יס אֶפְרַ֖יִם תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים וְדָמָיו֙ עָלָ֣יו יִטּ֔וֹשׁ וְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹ יָשִׁ֥יב ל֖וֹ אֲדֹנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* he.has.provoked.to.anger Ephraim bitterness(es) and blood(s) his on him he.will.leave and reproach his he.will.repay to him lord(s) his

*JPS 1917:* Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly; therefore shall his blood be cast upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.

[Jeremiah 6:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.26/#tree)

בַּת־עַמִּ֤י חִגְרִי־שָׂק֙ וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י בָאֵ֔פֶר אֵ֤בֶל יָחִיד֙ עֲשִׂ֣י לָ֔ךְ מִסְפַּ֖ד תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים כִּ֣י פִתְאֹ֔ם יָבֹ֥א הַשֹּׁדֵ֖ד עָלֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* O.daughter my.people my gird.yourself sackcloth and roll in (the) ash\[es\] \[the\].mourning of.an.only.\[child\] observe for yourself wailing of.bitterness(es) (dm) suddenly it.will.come the destroyer on us

*JPS 1917:* O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes; make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8563.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8563/): 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).