H4472 H4472
bitter things, bitter experiences
This plural noun refers to bitter things or experiences—not physical bitterness but metaphorical suffering and hardship. Job 9:18 complains that God 'sates me with bitter things,' meaning overwhelming bitter experiences rather than bitter herbs. The term parallels the bitter herb 'maror' but applies figuratively to life's harsh trials, depicting how Job feels force-fed suffering by divine providence.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Job's complaint in 9:18 that God 'sates me with bitter things' uses this plural for overwhelming bitter experiences. While one translation reads 'bitterness,' the plural form suggests multiple bitter trials or hardships. The imagery of being force-fed bitterness (parallel to Lamentations 3:15's bitter herb) depicts Job's sense that God fills his life with harsh, grievous experiences one after another. 1×
AR["مَراراتٍ"]·ben["তিক্ততায়"]·DE["[ממררים]"]·EN["with-bitterness"]·FR["ממררים"]·heb["מרורים"]·HI["कड़वाहटों-से"]·ID["kepahitan"]·IT["with-bitterness"]·jav["kepait"]·KO["쓴-것들-로"]·PT["de-amarguras"]·RU["горечью"]·ES["amarguras."]·SW["uchungu"]·TR["acılıklarla"]·urd["تلخیوں-سے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מַמְרוֹר] [n.m.] bitter thing;—only pl. יַשְׂבִּעַנִי מַמְּרוֹרִים Jb 9:18 (on dagh. f. dirim. cf. Ges§ 20. 2. b), he sateth me with bitter things (bitter experiences; cf. מָרֹר La 3:15).