Exodus 15:23
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
מַר
mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
מַר mar
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
Study H4751 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →שֵׁם shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
Study H8034 →כֵּן kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)
Study H3651 →Cross References
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
And they departed from before Pihahiroth, 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.
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