מֵירוּר, (מָרַר) embittering, hard labor (with ref. to Ex. I, 14). Num. R. s. 3 the family was called M’rari, על (שם) מ׳ an allusion to their bitter task (of carrying the wooden material of the Tabernacle). Pesik. R. s. 15 מרים … לשון מ׳ Miriam intimates the bitterness (of slavery); Yalk. Cant. 986. [Cant. R. to II, 11, a gloss.]