Dictionary entry

Merathaim

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mer-a-tha'-im (merathayim "double rebellion"): A name used for Babylon inJer 50:21. According to Delitzsch it may be equivalent to the Babylonian Marratun, i.e. land by the nar Marratu, "the bitter river" (Persian Gulf) = Southern Babylonia (OHL, under the word).