H4839 H4839
Broth or juice stewed from meat, sometimes ritually unclean
This culinary term appears in two distinct contexts: Gideon's offering to the angel (Judges 6) and Isaiah's condemnation of eating unclean things (Isa 65). In both cases it refers to the liquid extracted from cooking meat—broth. When Gideon prepares his offering, he puts the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. Isaiah denounces those who eat 'broth of unclean things,' likely referring to pork or other forbidden meat broths. The term captures the essence or extract of the meat, concentrated in liquid form.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Broth or meat juice from cooking. Judges 6:19-20 describes Gideon's preparation: he puts the meat in a basket 'and the broth he put in a pot,' then 'pour out the broth' at the angel's command. Isaiah 65:4 condemns idolaters: 'who eat pig's flesh, and broth of unclean things is in their vessels' (Qere reading). The consistent rendering as 'broth' or 'caldo' across languages (French bouillon implied, German Brühe) confirms this as the savory liquid from cooked meat. 3×
AR["(وَ-مَرَقُ)", "الْمَرَقَ", "وَ-الْمَرَقَ"]·ben["(এবং-ঝোল)", "এবং-ঝোল", "ঝোল"]·DE["[(ומרק)]", "der-broth", "und-der-broth"]·EN["and-broth-of", "and-the-broth", "the-broth"]·FR["[(ומרק)]", "et-le-broth", "le-broth"]·heb["ה-מרק", "ו-ה-מרק", "ו-מרק"]·HI["और-शोरबा", "शोरबे-को"]·ID["dan-kuah", "kuah"]·IT["[(ומרק)]", "e-il-broth", "il-broth"]·jav["kuah-punika", "lan-kuah", "lan-kuah-punika"]·KO["국물을", "그리고-국물을", "그리고-국이"]·PT["e-caldo-de", "e-o-caldo", "o-caldo"]·RU["и-похлёбка-", "и-похлёбку", "похлёбку"]·ES["el-caldo", "y-caldo-de", "y-el-caldo"]·SW["(mchuzi)", "mchuzi", "na-mchuzi"]·TR["(ve-corbasi)", "de-suyu", "ve-de-suyu"]·urd["(اور-شوربا)", "اور-شوربا", "شوربے"]
Related Senses
H8081 1. oil (substance) (180×)H3196 1. wine (fermented grape juice) (141×)H1706 1. honey (54×)H4682 1. unleavened bread/cakes (53×)H2461 1. milk (42×)H8492 1. new wine / must (38×)H0400 1. food, nourishment (36×)G3631 1. wine (34×)H3978 1. food, nourishment (30×)H1314 1. spice / perfume / balsam (29×)H7416 1. pomegranate (fruit/ornament) (28×)H3323 1. fresh oil, olive oil (23×)H2964 1. prey, torn flesh (19×)H3899 2. food, sustenance (19×)G1033 1. food (17×)G5160 1. food (16×)H5561 1. spices, aromatic substances (16×)H0402 1. food, nourishment (14×)G2219 1. leaven (13×)H4478a 1. manna (13×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מָרָק (van d. H. מָרַק) n.m. juice stewed out of meat, or broth (on form cf. LagBN 50);—וְהַמָּרָק שָׂם בַּפָּרוּר (וְהַמָּרַק Bomb.) Ju 6:19 (v. GFM); וְאֶת־הַמָּרָק שְׁפוֹךְ v 20; cstr. מְרַק Is 65:4 Qr, so Vrss (Kt פרק) broth of unclean things.