me.ro.rah denotes a bitter or harmful substance, pictured in bitter clusters and in bodily affliction.

The occurrences portray me.ro.rah as something bitter or harmful: plural forms describe bitter clusters and what is written against Job, while singular construct forms occur in images of poisonous food within the body and terror issuing from within.

1. Bitter or harmful substance · dominant

   In Deuteronomy 32:32, the plural absolute form stands with clusters; the APB renders the clause "their clusters are bitter." In Job 13:26, the plural absolute form is what is written against Job; the APB renders "you write gall against me."

   Deuteronomy 32:32Job 13:26
2. Harmful matter within the body · common

   In Job 20:14, the singular construct form occurs in a statement about food turned in the stomach, where the APB renders "the venom of cobras is within him." In Job 20:25, another singular construct form is associated with something coming from his back and bringing terror; the APB renders "the lightning from his gall goes upon him as terror."

   Job 20:14Job 20:25

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "bitter" in Deuteronomy 32:32 and "gall" in Job 13:26 and Job 20:25; Job 20:14 uses "venom" in the surrounding bodily image. These renderings confirm the verses' imagery rather than establish separate definitions.