Mar (מר) means bitter in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
bitter
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 3 meanings for Mar.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אַחַד הַטְּעָמִים, נֶחֱשָׁב לְטַעַם רַע.
וַיָּבֹאוּ מָרָתָה; וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לִשְׁתֹּת מַיִם מִמָּרָה, כִּי מָרִים הֵם – עַל-כֵּן קָרָא־שְׁמָהּ מָרָה.
- 2בהשאלהדָּבָר מְדֻכָּא, שְׁבוּר רוּחַ.
כִּשְׁמֹעַ עֵשָׂו אֶת-דִּבְרֵי אָבִיו, וַיִּצְעַק צְעָקָה גְּדֹלָה וּמָרָה עַד מְאֹד
- 3טִפָּה
הֵן גּוֹיִם כְּמַר מִדְּלִי, וּכְשַׁחַק מֹאזְנַיִם נֶחְשָׁבוּ; הֵן אִיִּים כַּדַּק יִטּוֹל.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Mar is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- מַר
- Written without vowel points
- מר
- Said
- mar
- Root
- מ־ר־ר
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Plural
- מָרִים
- Feminine form
- מָרָה
- Inflections
- ר' מָרִים; נ' מָרָה, נ"ר מָרוֹת
- Gematria
- 240
This is how Mar is said in other languages.
- English
- bitter
- Arabic
- مُرّ
- Russian
- горечь
- French
- amer
- Spanish
- amargo
- German
- bitter
These words mean the opposite of Mar.
- מתוק
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Mar.
The word Mar is part of these phrases and sayings.
- הטיפה המרה
- מר ונמהר
- זעק מרה
- טעות מרה
- מר לב
- מר ממוות
- מר נפש
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Mar comes from the root מ־ר־ר, like these words.
These words come before and after Mar in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Mar.
What does Mar (מר) mean in Hebrew?
Mar (מר) means bitter. It is said mar, with the stress on mar.
What is the opposite of Mar (מר)?
Words that mean the opposite of Mar (מר) are מתוק.
What rhymes with Mar (מר)?
Words that rhyme with Mar (מר) include דבר, בשר, מספר, איבר, ישר, and זכר.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry מר of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.