מַר

«מַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: drop — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 4752 · BDB: מַר⁴

Glosses

a.drop (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

drop tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

drop tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] drop, only גּוֹיִם כְּמַר מִדְּלִי Is 40:15 nations are like a drop hanging from a bucket.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מַר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Isaiah 40:15

הֵ֤ן גּוֹיִם֙ כְּמַ֣ר מִדְּלִ֔י וּכְשַׁ֥חַק מֹאזְנַ֖יִם נֶחְשָׁ֑בוּ הֵ֥ן אִיִּ֖ים כַּדַּ֥ק יִטּֽוֹל׃

Word for word: there! nations [are].like a.drop from a.bucket and like.[the] dust of.balances they.are.regarded there! islands like.(the) fine [dust] he.lifts

JPS 1917: Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; behold the isles are as a mote in weight.

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