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laʿănā לַעֲנָה ‘wormwood’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root perhaps meaning to curse

laʿănā n, f
1) wormwood
 1a) bitterness (metaph.)

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 29:17 Jeremiah 9:14, 23:15 Amos 6:12, 5:7 Proverbs 5:4 Lamentations 3:19, 3:15

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