4850. Merathayim
Strong's Concordance
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
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.; DePar 182 thinks = Babylonian Marrâtim, i.e., land by the nar Marrâtu, the bitter river (Persian Gulf) = Southern Babylonia.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Merathaim

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

see HEBREW mar

Forms and Transliterations
מְרָתַ֙יִם֙ מרתים mə·rā·ṯa·yim meraTayim mərāṯayim
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Strong's Hebrew 4850
1 Occurrence


mə·rā·ṯa·yim — 1 Occ.

Jeremiah 50:21
HEB: עַל־ הָאָ֤רֶץ מְרָתַ֙יִם֙ עֲלֵ֣ה עָלֶ֔יהָ
NAS: the land of Merathaim, go
KJV: against the land of Merathaim, [even] against it, and against the inhabitants
INT: Against the land of Merathaim go against

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