Word Study · Strong's H4785 · Hebrew
מָרָה
Marah
maw-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mârâh
“Marah, a place in the Desert”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Marah, a place in the Desert
Rendered in the KJV as
Marah.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- מִמָּרָ֔ה2
- בְּמָרָֽה׃1
- מָרָֽה׃1
- מָרָ֔תָה1
How it is rendered · 4
- from Marah2
- at Marah1
- Marah1
- Marah towards1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)1
- proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Npl · 3
- HNpl · 1
- HNpl/Sd · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 15:23מָרָ֔תָהmaratahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)here: Marah towards
- Exodus 15:23מִמָּרָ֔הmimarahpreposition + proper noun (a name)And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)here: from Marah
- Exodus 15:23מָרָֽה׃marahproper noun (a name)And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)here: Marah
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 33:8בְּמָרָֽה׃bemarahpreposition + proper noun (a name)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.here: at Marah
- Numbers 33:9מִמָּרָ֔הmimarahpreposition + proper noun (a name)They set out from Marah and came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.here: from Marah
Same headword in Strong's