ma.rot is used as the name of the inhabited place addressed in Micah 1:12.

ma.rot is attested as a proper name for the place whose inhabitant is addressed in Micah 1:12, where the APB depicts her trembling as evil goes down to Jerusalem's gate.

1. Place named in an address · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun in Micah 1:12 and occurs in the address to the inhabitant of this place. In Micah 1:12 the APB renders the verse, “For she has trembled for good, inhabitant of Maroth,” before describing evil going down to the gate of Jerusalem.

   Micah 1:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Micah 1:12, the APB presents the term in the phrase “inhabitant of Maroth.” It confirms the place-name setting without further isolating the term's contribution.