Lexicon
מֵרוֹז
me.roz
H4789
N:N--L Hebrew

Meroz

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me.roz is the proper name of a place whose inhabitants are cursed for not coming to the LORD’s help.

The term identifies the place whose inhabitants are singled out in Judges 5:23 for a curse because they did not come to the LORD’s help against the mighty.

Senses in use

  1. Place named in a curse on its inhabitants · dominant

    In Judges 5:23, the form is marked as a proper noun and names the place whose inhabitants are commanded to be cursed; the APB renders the verse, "Curse Meroz," and explains that its inhabitants did not come to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Judges 5:23, the APB presents the name as "Meroz" in the command to curse it and then refers to "its inhabitants." The verse is read as a whole, but the clause clearly treats the term as the named place.

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