Lexicon
מְאוּרָה
me.u.rah
H3975
H:N-F Hebrew

hole

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me.u.rah denotes the opening or habitation associated with a cobra in Isaiah’s picture of a child playing safely nearby.

The attested use identifies an opening associated with a cobra, in the setting of a nursing child playing over it in Isaiah 11:8.

Senses in use

  1. A cobra’s opening or habitation · dominant

    In Isaiah 11:8, the feminine singular construct form occurs in the phrase concerning the cobra; the APB renders the clause, "The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 11:8, the APB presents the phrase as "the hole of the cobra." The precise contribution of the term is limited to the cobra-associated opening indicated by the clause.

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