Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 935 [e] וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ way-yā-ḇō-’ū And when they came Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp 4785 [e] מָרָ֔תָה mā-rā-ṯāh, to Marah N-proper-fs | 3fs 3808 [e] וְלֹ֣א wə-lō and not Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 3201 [e] יָֽכְל֗וּ yā-ḵə-lū, they could V-Qal-Perf-3cp 8354 [e] לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת liš-tōṯ drink Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 4325 [e] מַ֙יִם֙ ma-yim the waters N-mp 4785 [e] מִמָּרָ֔ה mim-mā-rāh, of Marah Prep-m | N-proper-fs 3588 [e] כִּ֥י kî for Conj 4751 [e] מָרִ֖ים mā-rîm [were] bitter Adj-mp 1992 [e] הֵ֑ם hêm; they Pro-3mp 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- Upon Prep 3651 [e] כֵּ֥ן kên thus Adv 7121 [e] קָרָֽא־ qā-rā- was called V-Qal-Perf-3ms 8034 [e] שְׁמָ֖הּ šə-māh the name of it N-msc | 3fs 4785 [e] מָרָֽה׃ mā-rāh. Marah N-proper-fs

New American Standard Bible
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter--that is why it was named Marah.

Marah

Numbers 33:8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the …

marah. i.e. bitterness

Ruth 1:20 And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty …

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