Merrha

Biblical commercial city. Its merchants are listed alongside those of Teman in Baruch's passage as seekers of earthly prudence who have not known the way of wisdom.

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• Chapter II: On the Object and Breadth of Sacred Scripture — The merchants of Merrha and Teman have not known the way of wisdom

  "the merchants of Merrha and Teman, and the storytellers, and the seekers of prudence and understanding, have not known the way of wisdom"