מָרָה
Used: 5 times · Key: 4785 · BDB: מָרָה³
Glosses
Marah (4); to (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
Marah tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.pr.f. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.pr.f. of bitter spring in Sinaitic penins. Ex 15:23(×2) (J), Nu 33:8, 9 (P), + הָ loc. מָרָ֑תָה Ex 15:23 (J); prob. mod. ʿAin Hawwâratun (Cf. RobBR i. 67 PalmerDesert i. 40 EbGS 125 f.)
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מָרָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ מָרָ֔תָה וְלֹ֣א יָֽכְל֗וּ לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת מַ֙יִם֙ מִמָּרָ֔ה כִּ֥י מָרִ֖ים הֵ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא־שְׁמָ֖הּ מָרָֽה׃
Word for word: and they.came to Marah and not they.were.able to drink waters from Marah (dm) [were].bitter they therefore someone.called name its Marah
JPS 1917: 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.
וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מִמָּרָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ אֵילִ֑מָה וּ֠בְאֵילִם שְׁתֵּ֣ים עֶשְׂרֵ֞ה עֵינֹ֥ת מַ֛יִם וְשִׁבְעִ֥ים תְּמָרִ֖ים וַיַּחֲנוּ־שָֽׁם׃
Word for word: and they.set.out from Marah and they.came to Elim and.[were] at Elim two.plus ten springs of.water and seventy palm.trees and they.encamped there
JPS 1917: And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they pitched there.
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