מָאַר
maar · be malignant
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3992 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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maar (מָאַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “be malignant”.
Be painful, harmful, that eats away; of a mark, malignant, that does not go away.
How to say it
ma·ar
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Corroding and incurable; stinging.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- malignant ×3
- prickling ×1
Where it appears
- Leviticus 13:51
He shall examine the mark on the seventh day; if the mark has spread in the garment or in the woven material or in the knitted material or in the skin, for whatever the skin is made for use, the mark is a malignant leprosy; it is unclean.
- Leviticus 13:52
He shall burn the garment, or the woven material or the knitted material of wool or of linen, or any article of skin in which the mark is, for it is a malignant leprosy; it shall be burned with fire.
- Leviticus 14:44
the priest shall come and examine it, and if the mark has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is unclean.
- Ezekiel 28:24
And there will not be anymore for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from all those around them who despise them; and they will know that I am Adonai YHWH.’