- מְרַע
- מְרַעI (denom. of next w.) 1) to become or be weak, fall sick. Targ. Is. 14:10. Ib. 23:4 (h. text חלתי). Targ. Ps. 41:9 (h. text שכב, v. next w.); a. e. 2) to be shaken, quake. Targ. Mic. 4:10. Af. אַמְרַע to make sick, afflict. Targ. O. Deut. 29:21. Targ. Y. II Gen. 3:15. Pa. מָרַע same. Targ. Jer. 14:17; Targ. Nah. 3:19 (not מִמְרָ׳) grievous (h. text נחלה).Part. pass. מְמַרַע suffering, unwell. Targ. Jer. 14:18. Targ. 1 Sam. 19:14 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. שכיב מרע, v. next w.). Targ. 1 Kings 14:5 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. מרע); a. e. Ithpa. אִתְמַרַע, Ithpe. אִתְמְרַע 1) to fall sick. Targ. 1 Kings 14:1 (ed. Lag. מרע). Ib. 22:34 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. מרע). Targ. 2 Sam. 13:2; a. e.Koh. R. to X, 16 (ref. to שכבה, 1 Kings 3:19) אִיתְמַרְעַת עלוי (not … רטת) she fell sick (fainted and fell) upon him (cmp. Targ. to Ps. 41:9); a. e. 2) to feign sickness. Targ. 2 Sam. 13:5. sq. 3) to be shaken, quake. Targ. Jer. 51:29.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.