Lexicon
מְרָתַיִם
me.ra.ta.yim
H4850
N:N--L Hebrew

Merathaim

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me.ra.ta.yim is the named land against which the command to advance is directed in Jeremiah 50:21.

The attested use presents me.ra.ta.yim as a proper name for a land named as the target of an order to go up against it in Jeremiah 50:21.

Senses in use

  1. A land named as the target of an advance · dominant

    The form is marked as a proper noun in Jeremiah 50:21, where it follows the command to go up against a land. In Jeremiah 50:21 the APB renders the clause "Go up against the land of Merathaim," placing the name within the announced action against that land.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 50:21, the APB presents the name as "the land of Merathaim." It confirms the verse-level identification without establishing further nuance.

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