Mârâh — H4785

Definition

feminine proper noun

Marah, a place in the Desert

1. Marah = "bitter"
2. the spring with bitter water which was 3 days travel from the crossing place of the Red Sea in the peninsula of Sinai

Usually translated as

Marah

Origin

the same as H4751 feminine; bitter

• Same as Mar (H4751)

Occurrences

Mârâh occurs 5 times in 3 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (2)

• Exodus 15:23 — And when they came to Marah (מָרָ֔תָה), they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
• Exodus 15:23 — And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah (מִמָּרָ֔ה), for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
• 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 (מָרָֽה).
• 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 (בְּמָרָֽה).
• Numbers 33:9 — And they removed from Marah (מִמָּרָ֔ה), and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.