Exodus 15:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

Young's Literal Translation
and they come in to Marah, and have not been able to drink the waters of Marah, for they [are] bitter; therefore hath [one] called its name Marah.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
And when they came
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to Marah,
מָרָ֔תָה (mā·rā·ṯāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4785: Marah -- a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula

they could
יָֽכְל֗וּ (yā·ḵə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power

not
וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

drink
לִשְׁתֹּ֥ת (liš·tōṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

the water
מַ֙יִם֙ (ma·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

[there]
מִמָּרָ֔ה (mim·mā·rāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4785: Marah -- a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula

because
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it
הֵ֑ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

was bitter.
מָרִ֖ים (mā·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 4751: Bitter, bitterness, bitterly

(That is why
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

it was named
קָרָֽא־ (qā·rā-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Marah.)
מָרָֽה׃ (mā·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4785: Marah -- a bitter spring in the Sinai peninsula

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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