מערה

Hebrew

Roots
ע־ו־ר (ʿ-w-r)
ע־ר־ר (ʿ-r-r)

Etymology

Compare Ugaritic 𐎎𐎙𐎗𐎚 (mġrt), Classical Syriac ܡܥܪܬܐ (məʿarṯā), Arabic مَغَارَة (maḡāra).

Pronunciation

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Noun

מְעָרָה • (məʕɔrɔ̂, me'ará) f (plural indefinite מְעָרוֹת, singular construct מְעָרַת־, plural construct מְעָרוֹת־)

1. cave

References

• H4631 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “מערה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• מערה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

• עמרה

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מְעָרָה (me‘ara).

Noun

מערה f (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling meara)

1. cave