מְרַע III, c. (preced.) evil, sickness, affliction. Targ. I Kings VIII, 37. Targ. Koh. VI, 2; a. fr.—B. Bath. 153ᵃ (in a formula of a deed of donation) ומגו מַרְעֵיה וכ׳ and in consequence of (this) his sickness he departed &c.—Pl. מַרְעִין. Targ. O. Ex. XXIII, 25. Targ. Ps. CXVI, 3 מַרְעֵי Ms. (ed. מְרָעֵי); a. fr.