What does מָרוּד (mārûd) mean in the Bible?
מָרוּד (mārûd): Social exclusion and material deprivation merge; one cast out from community faces both isolation and survival hardship
Hebrew · H4788
מָרוּד
An outcast ; (abstractly) destitution
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מָרוּד H4788
Pronunciation mārûd
What does מָרוּד (mārûd) mean in the Bible?
מָרוּד (mārûd): Social exclusion and material deprivation merge; one cast out from community faces both isolation and survival hardship
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4788?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and wandering (2), and homeless (1).
Where does מָרוּד (mārûd) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Isaiah 58:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Lamentations (2), Isaiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and wandering 2× Lamentations 1:7, Lamentations 3:19
and homeless 1× Isaiah 58:7
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Isaiah 58:7 מְרוּדִ֖ים to and homeless Noun - masculine plural Lamentations 1:7 וּמְרוּדֶ֔יהָ to and wandering Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Lamentations 3:19 וּמְרוּדִ֖י to and wandering Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Isaiah 58:7
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
Isaiah 1 Lamentations 2
Source forms
וּמְרוּדִ֖י 1x ū·mə·rū·ḏî Lamentations 3:19
וּמְרוּדֶ֔יהָ 1x ū·mə·rū·ḏe·hā Lamentations 1:7
מְרוּדִ֖ים 1x mə·rū·ḏîm Isaiah 58:7
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular 1x Lamentations 1:7
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular 1x Lamentations 3:19
Noun - masculine plural 1x Isaiah 58:7
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Social exclusion and material deprivation merge; one cast out from community faces both isolation and survival hardship
Source Gloss
an outcast ; (abstractly) destitution
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Social exclusion and material deprivation merge; one cast out from community faces both isolation and survival hardship
an outcast; (abstractly) destitution BDB: restlessness Usage: cast out, misery.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מָרוּד is built from this root:
רוּד H7300
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain