STRONGS NUMBER H4803


Word Summary
marat: to make smooth, bare or bald, to scour, polish
Original Word: מָרַט
Transliteration: marat
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-rat')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make smooth, bare or bald, to scour, polish
Meaning: to make smooth, bare or bald, to scour, polish
Strong's Concordance
bright, furbish, have his hair be fallen off, peeled, pluck off hair

A primitive root; to polish; by implication, to make bald (the head), to gall (the shoulder); also, to sharpen -- bright, furbish, (have his) hair (be) fallen off, peeled, pluck off (hair).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4803. marat

מְעֻטָּהEzekiel 21:20 textual error, see below מרט‎.

מַעֲטֶה‎ see עטה‎. [מַעֲטָפָה‎] see I. עטף‎.

[מָרַט‎] verb make smooth, bare, bald; scour, polish (Late Hebrew id.; pull out, off (feathers, hair); Aramaic . מְרַטid.; Arabic have little hair, pluck out hair); —

Qal Imperfect1singular וָאֶמְרְטָהEzra 9:3, suffix 3masculine plural וָאֶמְרְטֵםNehemiah 13:25; Infinitive construct מָרְטָהEzekiel 21:16; Participle plural מֹרְטִיםIsaiah 50:6; passive feminine מְרוּטָהEzekiel 21:14 2t.; —

1 make bare מְרוּטָה כָּלכָּֿתֵףEzekiel 29:18 every shoulder is laid bare (from chafing of burden; "" מֻקְרָח כָּלרֿאֹשׁ‎); the cheek (by plucking out beard) לְמֹרְטִ֑ים וּלְחָיַי לְמַכִּים נָתַתִּי גֵּוִיIsaiah 50:6; with accusative of person וָאֶמְרְטֵ֑םNehemiah 13:25 (both acts of violence); of hair and beard וּזֶקָנִי ראֹשִׁי מִשְּׂעַר וָאֶמְרְטָהEzra 9:3 (sign of grief).

2 scour, polish, a sword, only Ezekiel 21: Ezra 9:14 (+ הוּחַדָּת‎; Co reads ׳מ‎ as Pu), Ezra 9:16 (strike out Co), Ezra 9:33, + Ezra 9:20 מְרֻטָה‎ for מְעֻטָּה ᵑ0‎ (Ew Sm Co Berthol).

Niph`al Imperfect ראֹשׁוֺ יִמָּרֵטLeviticus 13:40-41, his head is made bald (by leprosy).

Pu`al Perfect3feminine singular מֹרָ֑טָהEzekiel 21:15; 21:16; Participle מְמֹרָט1 Kings 7:45, מוֺרָט‎ Isaiah 18:27 (Ges§ 52 R.6): — scoured, polished, of bronze utensils of temple 7:45; of human skin Isaiah 18:27; of sword Ezekiel 21:15; 21:16 (both + הוּחַדָּה‎, see

Qal above)

מְרִי‎ see מרה‎.

מְרִיבבַּֿ֫עַל מְרִיבַֿ֫עַל,‎ see ריב‎.

I, II. מְרִיבָה‎ see ריב‎.

[מְרַט‎] verb pluck (see Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`îl Perfect3masculine plural מְרִ֫יטוּDaniel 7:4 were plucked off (wings).