מָאַר (māʾar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning excite hostility. It appears
4 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3992).
Also rendered
to malign
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1141)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1141)excite hostility, irritate, break open; prick, pain; be bitter, embitter, be painful; fretting, picking
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מָאַרverb: excite hostility, irritate, break open
Hiphilprick, pain
Strong's H3992מָאַר: to be bitter or (causatively) to embitter, i.e. be painful KJV:fretting, picking.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.