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H4790 מְרוֹחַ (mᵉrôwach) mer-o-akh'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 4799; bruised, i.e. emasculated

KJV Usage: broken

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מְרוֹחַ (me.ro.ach) — crushed. 1) bruised, crushed, rub 1a) meaning uncertain

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adj · מרח

Impact

bruising exact meaning unknown; probably: = state in which part of the body has been damaged by impact

LEV 21:20

1 LEV 21:20 RSV NJPS NRSV ESV "crushed (testes / testicles)" NIV CEV "damaged (testicles)" REB "ruptured (testicle)" NJB GNT "eunuch"

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מָרוֹחַ] n.[m.] dub., only cstr. Lv 21:20; √ either מָרַח rub = a rubbing away of the testicle; or רָוַח be roomy, enlarged = enlargement ref

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