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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Mamre


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Mamre Mamre

Mamre is an oak-owning Amorite and a region associated with him. Abram lived there.

The word mamre does not occur as such in Hebrew, but two distinct possible root-words catch the eye:
1) memer (memer 1248j) meaning bitterness, from the root marar (marar 1248) meaning to be bitter or, peculiar enough (as suggested by TWOTOT ), being strong. Possibly, a bitter taste was referred to as a strong taste. A consequence is that an event or situation that was considered bitter (a negative connotation much alike our figurative usage of the word bitter) was known as a "strong" event.
2) mr (mr' 1239), the root of the word meri (meri 1239a), meaning fatling (fattened calf or other animal, specifically for offering).

NOBSE reads firmness. BDB does not translate.



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