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Genesis 46:2

וַ יֹּאמֶר אֶלֹהִים לְ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּ מַרְאֹת הַ לַּיְלָה וַ יֹּאמֶר יַעֲקֹב יַעֲקֹב וַ יֹּאמֶר הִנֵּנִי
And elohim is saying to El-Strives in mirrors1301 of the Night-ward, and is saying, `Heel, Heel.`
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Strong’s #4759 mar’ah. Mirror as an instrument or place of seeing oneself. Feminine of mar’eh (#4758), vision. The construct having the prefix m- lends to the definition of a place of seeing. From the root ra’ah (#7200) to see.

And he is making אֶת-the washingbowl of a bronze-one and אֶת-his stand of a bronze-one, in the mirrors [mar’ah] of the Ones-who-wage-war, who have waged-war at the door of the tent of an appointed-place.” Exodus 38:8 literal