Lexicon meri: a fatling, fatlings Original Word: מְרִיאPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: meri Phonetic Spelling: (mer-ee') Short Definition: fatlings NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitiona fatling, fatlings NASB Translationfatling (2), fatlings (5), fed cattle (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs מְרִיא noun [masculine] fatling, fatlings; — absolute ׳מ2Samuel 6:13 3t.; plural absolute מְרִיאִים Isaiah 1:11, construct מְרִיאֵי Ezekiel 39:18; suffix מְרִיאֵיכֶם Amos 5:22; — fatling: עֵגֶל וּכְפִיר וּמְרִיא Isaiah 11:6; elsewhere only of sacrificial animals, שֶׁלָם מְרִיאֵיכֶם Amos 5:22 ("" עֹלוֺת, מִנְחֹתֵיכֶם); חֵלֶב מְרִיאִים Isaiah 1:11 ("" עֹלוֺת אֵלִים, דַּם מָּרִים, etc); מְרִיאֵי בָשָׁןEzekiel 39:18 (+ פָרִים, אֵילִים, etc.); also singular collective, וַיִּןבָּח שׁוֺר וּמְדִיא 2 Samuel 6:13, so (+ צאֹן וּבָקָר) 1 Kings 1:9, and (+ שׁוֺר, צאֹן) 1 Kings 1:19; 1 Kings 1:25. Strong's fat fed beast cattle, From mara' in the sense of grossness, through the idea of domineering (compare mare'); stall-fed; often (as noun) a beeve -- fat (fed) beast (cattle, -ling). see HEBREW mara' see HEBREW mare' |
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