King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4834
Transliteration: marats
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-rats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be sick
Meaning: to press, to be pungent, vehement, to irritate
Word Summary
marats: to be sick
Original Word: מָרַץTransliteration: marats
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-rats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be sick
Meaning: to press, to be pungent, vehement, to irritate
Strong's Concordance
embolden, be forcible, grievous, sore A primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to be pungent or vehement; to irritate -- embolden, be forcible, grievous, sore.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4834. marats
[מָרַץ] verb be sick, only in derived species (Assyrian II. marâƒu DlHWB 426; Arabic ; Sabean מרץֿ sick person, sickness, MordtZMG 1876, 32; Aramaic verb , מְרַע); —
Niph`al Perfect3plural נִמְרְצוּ Job 6:25 (but see below); Participle נִמְרָץ Micah 2:10; feminine נִמְרֶ֫צֶת 1 Kings 2:8; — נִמְרָץ חֶבֶל Micah 2:10 a sore, grievous destruction (literally made sick, compare נַחְלָה מַכָּה Jeremiah 14:17); קְלָלָה נִמְרֶצֶת 1 Kings 2:8 a grievous curse. — In Job 6:25 this meaning unsuitable, Bu are strong, effective [compare Assyrian I. marâƒu, be difficult, inaccessible DlHWB 425 f.; always of something repelling]. More probably נמרצו = נמלצו be sweet (compare Psalm 119:103) or read נמלצו (q. v.), CheJQ July, 1897 Du.
Hiph`il Imperfect suffix מַהיַּֿמְרִיצְךָ Job 16:3 what sickens thee (what disturbs, vexes thee) that thou answerest ?
[מְרֻצָה] see מְרוּצָה below רוץ.
מַרְצֵעַ see רצע. מַרְצֶ֫פֶת see רצף.