{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4631",
  "lemma": "מְעָרָה",
  "transliteration": "mᵉʻârâh",
  "definition": "a cavern (as dark)",
  "kjv": "cave, den, hole.",
  "occurrences": 39,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5783",
      "lemma": "עוּר",
      "transliteration": "ʻûwr",
      "meaning": "to",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5783"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מְעָרָה 40 n.f. cave"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 19:30",
      "text": "Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:9",
      "text": "that he may sell me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field. For the full price let him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:11",
      "text": "“No, my lord, hear me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the children of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:17",
      "text": "So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, the cave which was in it, and all…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:19",
      "text": "After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 23:20",
      "text": "The field, and the cave that is in it, were deeded to Abraham by the children of Heth as a possession for a burial…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/23?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 25:9",
      "text": "Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:29",
      "text": "He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:30",
      "text": "in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 49:32",
      "text": "the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/49?v=32"
    }
  ],
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}