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mārā מָרָה ‘Marah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as mar מַר ‘bitter’ feminine
Roots: מר מרה

mārā pr n loc
Marah = "bitter"
1) the spring with bitter water which was 3 days travel from the crossing place of the Red Sea in the peninsula of Sinai

Mentioned in Exodus 15:23 Numbers 33:9, 33:8

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