Exodus 15:23 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.”

Exodus 15:23 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 15:2315 words

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

מָרָתָהmārātāhMarah

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able

לִשְׁתֹּתlišətōtTo imbibe

מַיִםmayimWaters

מִמָּרָהmimārāhFrom Marah

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מָרִיםmārîmBitter

הֵםhēmThey

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

קָרָאqārāʾCall out to

שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation

מָרָהmārāhMarah

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

מָרָתָהmārātāhMarah

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able

לִשְׁתֹּתlišətōtTo imbibe

מַיִםmayimWaters

מִמָּרָהmimārāhFrom Marah

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

מָרִיםmārîmBitter

הֵםhēmThey

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

קָרָאqārāʾCall out to

שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation

מָרָהmārāhMarah

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