Strong's Hebrew: 4850. מְרָתַ֫יִם (Merathayim) -- perhaps "double rebellion," another name for Bab.

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Lexicon

Merathayim: perhaps "double rebellion," another name for Bab.

Original Word: מְרָתַ֫יִם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Transliteration: Merathayim
Phonetic Spelling: (mer-aw-thah'-yim)
Short Definition: Merathaim

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
perhaps from marah
Definition
perhaps "double rebellion," another name for Bab.
NASB Translation
Merathaim (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מְרָתַ֫יִם used as proper name, feminine = Babylon, עֲלֵה עָלֶיהָ עַלֿ ׳הָאָרֶץ מ Jeremiah 50:21; perhaps = Double rebellion (dual) √ מרה q. v.; De^{Par 182} thinks = Babylonian Marrâtim, i.e., land by the nar Marrâtu, the bitter river (Persian Gulf) = Southern Babylonia.

Strong's

Merathaim

Dual of mar feminine; double bitterness; Merathajim, an epithet of Babylon -- Merathaim.

see HEBREW mar