H4785: מָרָה
Mârâh · pronounced maw-raw' · “Marah”
Definition
Marah, a place in the Desert
KJV translates it as: Marah.
Word origin: the same as H4751 (מַר) feminine; bitter;
Extended 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
the spring with bitter water which was 3 days travel from the crossing place of the Red Sea in the peninsula of Sinai
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4785 is translated
- marah ×4
- towards ×1
Bible verses with H4785 (Mârâh)
Mârâh appears in 3 verses.
- Exodus 15:23
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.
- Numbers 33:8
And 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 33:9
And 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.