A primitive root; to yawn, i.e. Open wide (literally or figuratively) -- gape, open (wide).
Englishman's Concordance
1) to open wide, gape 1a) (Qal) to gape Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1794
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מָּעַר] verbopen wide (the mouth) (Late Hebrew rarely=Biblical Hebrew, usually open bowels, go to stool; compare Jewish-Aramaic מְּעַר; Arabic and Syriac =Biblical Hebrew, chasm); —
Job 16:10 HEB: פָּעֲר֬וּ עָלַ֨י ׀ בְּפִיהֶ֗ם NAS:They have gaped at me with their mouth, KJV:They have gaped upon me with their mouth; INT:have gaped against their mouth
Job 29:23 HEB:לִ֑י וּ֝פִיהֶ֗ם פָּעֲר֥וּ לְמַלְקֽוֹשׁ׃ NAS: for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth KJV: for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth INT: the rain their mouth and opened the spring
Psalm 119:131 HEB: פִּֽי־ פָ֭עַרְתִּי וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָה כִּ֖י NAS:I opened my mouth wide KJV:I opened my mouth, and panted: INT: my mouth opened and panted for
Isaiah 5:14 HEB:שְּׁאוֹל֙ נַפְשָׁ֔הּ וּפָעֲרָ֥ה פִ֖יהָ לִבְלִי־ NAS: its throat and opened its mouth KJV: herself, and opened her mouth INT: Sheol throat and opened mouth without