Job 21:25:4Job.21.25.W4TAB
מָרָ֑ה
mara
“bitter”
- Transliteration
- ma-RA
- Extended
- maa-RAA
- IPA
- /maˈraː/
Meaning by language
- English
- bitter
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ma-RA
- phraseyour reading level
ya-MUT be-NE-fesh ma-RA
- clause
ve-ZEH ya-MUT be-NE-fesh ma-RA
- sentence
ve-ZEH ya-MUT be-NE-fesh ma-RA vi-LO-A-khal ba-to-VA
Exegesis
The construct benephesh marah {בְּנֶפֶשׁ מָרָה | bə-né-pheš mā-râ} ‘in a bitter soul’ functions adverbially to describe inward despair at death.
Root and etymology
m-r-rmem–resh–resh
“to be bitter”
In context — Job 21:25
Yet another dies with a bitter soul , and has not tasted any good.
About this coordinate
Job 21:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 21:25, so the Hebrew word מָרָ֑ה (mara) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Job.21.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.25.W4.S1) and character.