H4785

מָרָה

ma.rahN:N--L

Marah

§ 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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מָרָה proper name, feminine of bitter spring in Sinaitic peninsula Exod 15:23 (twice in verse) (J), Num 33:8; Num 33:9 (P), + ה locative מָרָ֑תָה Exod 15:23 (J); probably modern `Ain Hawwâraiun. (compare RobBR i. 67) PalmerDesert i. 40 EbGS 125 f.)


2 occurrences

Exodus (1), Numbers (1)