Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4785
מָרָה
ma.rah · “Marah”
Used 5 times across 2 books
Definition
§ Marah = "bitter"
the spring with bitter water which was 3 days travel from the crossing place of the Red Sea in the peninsula of Sinai
Where it appears
Exodus3
Numbers2
In the text
Exodus 15:23And 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.Numbers 33:8And they departed from before Pi–hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.Numbers 33:9And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
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