A region on the Sinai Peninsula where water comes out. During the Exodus, the Israelites stayed here, but the water from this place was bitter and could not be drunk. When the people complained, Moses threw a branch into the water, and the water was made sweet so they could drink it.
Exodus 15:23The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”Exodus 15:24Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.Exodus 15:25He said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
Numbers 33:8They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim). In Elim, there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there.Numbers 33:9They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.
룻기에서 나오미는 자신의 비통한 처지를 가리켜 마라라고 불렀다.
Ruth 1:20I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”