Midvash

מָרָהMârâh

proper name, feminine: of bitter spring in Sinaitic peninsula (Exodus 15:23; Numbers 33:8; Numbers 33:9)

Pronunciation: maw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4785

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 15:23 When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”).
  • Numbers 33:8 They left Pi-hahiroth and crossed the Red Sea into the wilderness beyond. Then they traveled for three days into the Etham wilderness and camped at Marah.
  • Numbers 33:9 They left Marah and camped at Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).