H4843 מָרַר mârar → Root

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Root of the מרר mârar family (17 members).

To be or become bitter, to experience or cause bitterness. The verb encompasses both a literal sense—such as the taste of something sharp or acrid—and a figurative sense, including the experience of emotional distress, grief, or provocation. Used transitively, it can mean to embitter or make a situation hard to endure; intransitively, it indicates the state of being embittered or distressed.

Etymology From the root מָרַר (מרר), derived from מַר, 'bitter'. The root meaning is 'to be bitter' in taste or feeling. מָרַר is a twenty-two letter proper root occurring primarily in denominative forms, generally connoting the experience or infliction of bitterness, both literal and figurative.

Reflexes  · not yet grouped by proto-form

LanguageWordMeaningSegmentationRoot
Kikuyu Miruru bitterness, harshness, or strong, pungent tastes

Family members (18)

Lexemes that inherit from this canonical via the SilexRoot family or an additional inheritance edge. Tags show the cognate-propagation status.

  • H4472 מַמְרֹר mamrôr unset

    A state or quality of bitterness, especially emotional or existential distress, often associated with grief, suffering,

  • H4751 מַר mar unset

    Bitter—having a harsh or acrid taste or smell; also, causing or characterized by emotional distress or pain. As a noun:

  • H4752 מַר mar unset

    A drop, especially a small quantity of liquid, often in reference to condensed fluid (e.g., dew or water drops); can als

  • H4753 מֹר môr unset

    An aromatic gum or resin obtained from certain plants (Commiphora species), used as a perfume, incense, or in embalming;

  • H4755 מָרָא Mara unset

    A personal name meaning 'bitter,' given symbolically by Naomi to herself to express the depth of her sorrow and misfortu

  • H4785 מָרָה Marah unset

    Proper noun denoting 'Marah,' a geographical location named due to the bitterness of its water. The word also functions

  • H4786 מֹרָה môrâh unset

    A state of intense bitterness, distress, or affliction; the concrete experience or emotion of grief or anguish, often as

  • H4787 מׇרָּה morrâh unset

    Bitterness, state of being bitter, event or experience characterized by sharpness, pain, or distress, often with an inte

  • H4796 מָרוֹת Marot unset

    A proper place name in the Hebrew Bible, likely meaning 'bitter springs' or 'place of bitterness.' The term occurs as a

  • H4814 מְרִירוּת mᵉrîyrûwth unset

    A state or quality of strong bitterness, either in taste or as a metaphor for severe emotional distress such as grief or

  • H4815 מְרִירִי mᵉrîyrîy unset

    Adjective meaning 'bitter,' especially in the sense of intensely bitter or poisonous, often applied to substances or con

  • H4844 מְרֹר mᵉrôr unset

    An herb or collection of plants characterized by a bitter taste, particularly those eaten during the ritual Passover mea

  • H4845 מְרֵרָה mᵉrêrâh unset

    A bodily fluid, specifically bile, associated with bitterness in both literal and figurative uses; by extension used for

  • H4846 מְרֹרָה mᵉrôrâh unset

    A bitter substance or condition; refers to literal physical bitterness—such as bitterness in taste or bile (gall), and a

  • H4847 מְרָרִי Merari unset

    Merari: a personal name meaning 'bitter' or possibly 'one who is made bitter.' Merari is primarily used as a proper noun

  • H4848 מְרָרִי Merari unset

    Proper ethnicon designating a member of the Levitical family descended from Merari, one of the sons of Levi; refers spec

  • H4850 מְרָתַיִם Meratayim unset

    A place name signifying 'double bitterness' or 'bitter double', used as a poetic or symbolic epithet for Babylon. The te

  • H8563 תַּמְרוּר tamrûwr unset

    A state or experience of intense bitterness or grief, often expressing profound emotional distress, sorrow, or anguish;

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