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H4755 מָרָא (Mârâʼ) maw-raw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

for 4751 feminine; bitter; Mara, a symbolic name of Naomi

KJV Usage: Mara

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מָרָא (ma.ra) — Mara. A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.1.2; married to Elimelech (H0458); mother of: Mahlon (H4248) and Chilion (H3630); also called Mara at Rut.1.20; Another name of no.o.mi (נׇעֳמִי "Naomi" H5281) § Mara = "bitterness" a name that Naomi called herself due to her calamities

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adj · מַר

Names of People | ≈ נָעֳמִי

Mara = woman, better known as Naomi, wife of Elimelech, mother-in-law of Ruth

RUT 1:20

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַר adj. and subst. bitter, bitterness base

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