מרור

Hebrew

FWOTD – 20 April 2019

Root
מ־ר־ר (m-r-r)

Compare מַר (már, “bitter”).

Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "IL" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA^(key): /maˈʁoʁ/

מָרוֹר • (marór) m (plural indefinite מְרוֹרִים)

Maror, bitter herbs: a bitter vegetable, such as horseradish or romaine lettuce, eaten at the Passover seder as a reminder of the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.
- Exodus 12:8 (with King James translation):
  וְאָכְלוּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה צְלִי־אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת עַל־מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ׃
  v'akh'lú ét-habasár baláyla hazé ts'lí-ésh umatsót ál-m'rorím yokh'lúhu.
  And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it.