Exodus 15:23
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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 the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
In other translations
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 the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
Hebrew words
וַיָּבֹאוּvaiyavo'uand they cameH935מָרָתָהmaratahMarah towardsH4785וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יָכְלוּyakheluthey were ableH3201לִשְׁתֹּתlishtotto drinkH8354מַיִםmayimwatersH4325מִמָּרָהmimarahfrom MarahH4785כִּיkiforH3588מָרִיםmarim[were] bitterH4751הֵםhemtheyH1992עַל־'al-there-H5921כֵּןken-foreH3651קָרָא־kara'-someone calledH7121שְׁמָהּshemahname itsH8034מָרָה׃marahMarahH4785
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ruth 1:20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
- 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.They set out from Pi-hahiroth and crossed through the sea, into the wilderness, and they journeyed three days into the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.
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Places: Marah