מְרֹר
meror · bitter herbs
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4844 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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meror (מְרֹר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bitter herbs”.
Which recalled the bitterness of slavery (Exodus 1:14).
How to say it
me·ror
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
- Sharp-tasting plants eaten at Passover.
- Bitter suffering that leaves a sour taste in life.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- bitter herbs ×2
- bitter things ×1
Where it appears
- Exodus 12:8
They shall eat the meat that night, roasted in fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
- Numbers 9:11
In the second month, on the fourteenth day, at twilight, they shall keep it; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.
- Lamentations 3:15
He has filled me with bitter things; he has made me drunk with wormwood.