Cross References And they came into Mara, and they could not drink the waters of Mara because they were bitter: whereupon he gave a name also agreeable to the place, calling it Mara, that is, bitterness. Numbers 33:8 And departing from Phihahiroth, they passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and having marched three days through the desert of Etham, they camped in Mara. Ruth 1:20 But she said to them: Call me not Noemi (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara (that is, bitter), for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they came into Mara, and they could not drink the waters of Mara because they were bitter: whereupon he gave a name also agreeable to the place, calling it Mara, that is, bitterness. Marah Numbers 33:8 And departing from Phihahiroth, they passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and having marched three days through the desert of Etham, they camped in Mara. marah. Ruth 1:20 But she said to them: Call me not Noemi (that is, beautiful,) but call me Mara (that is, bitter), for the Almighty hath quite filled me with bitterness. Context The Waters of Marah22And Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went forth into the wilderness of Sur: and they marched three days through the wilderness, and found no water. 23And they came into Mara, and they could not drink the waters of Mara because they were bitter: whereupon he gave a name also agreeable to the place, calling it Mara, that is, bitterness.24And the people murmured against Moses, saying: What shall we drink?… Lexicon And when they cameוַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go to Marah, מָרָ֔תָה (mā·rā·ṯāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4785: Marah -- a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula they could יָֽכְל֗וּ (yā·ḵə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3201: To be able, have power not וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no drink לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת (liš·tōṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 8354: To imbibe the water מַ֙יִם֙ (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen [there] מִמָּרָ֔ה (mim·mā·rāh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4785: Marah -- a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula because כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction it הֵ֑ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1992: They was bitter. מָרִ֖ים (mā·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly (That is why עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against it was named קָרָֽא־ (qā·rā-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read Marah.) מָרָֽה׃ (mā·rāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4785: Marah -- a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula Additional Translations And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)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. 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. and they came to Merrha, and could not drink of Merrha, for it was bitter; therefore he named the name of that place, Bitterness. And they came to Marah, and could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore the name of it was called Marah. 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. 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. When they came to Marah, they couldn't drink from the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah. and they come in to Marah, and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah, for they are bitter; therefore hath one called its name Marah. Jump to Previous Able Bitter Couldn't Drink Drinking Good Marah Water WatersJump to Next Able Bitter Couldn't Drink Drinking Good Marah Water WatersLinks Exodus 15:23 NIVExodus 15:23 NLT Exodus 15:23 ESV Exodus 15:23 NASB Exodus 15:23 KJV Exodus 15:23 Bible Apps Exodus 15:23 Biblia Paralela Exodus 15:23 Chinese Bible Exodus 15:23 French Bible Exodus 15:23 German Bible Alphabetical: That because bitter called came could drink for is it its Marah named not of place the therefore they to was water waters were When why OT Law: Exodus 15:23 When they came to Marah they couldn't (Exo. Ex) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |