Lexical Definition

‎מְרִיב בַּעַל‎ Mᵉrîyb Baʻal (mer-eeb' bah'-al) Merib-baal ^N:N-M-P
from ‎רִיב‎ and ‎בַּעַל‎

Merib-baal. Compare ‎מְרִי בַעַל‎.

• § Merib-baal = "Baal is my advocate"
• quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal, an epithet of Gideon

1) another name for Mephibosheth
1a) son of Jonathan and grandson of Saul

Extended Information

name of: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת

• A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.4.4
• son of: Jonathan (יְהוֹנָתָן)
• father of: Micah (מִיכָה); also called Merib-baal at 1Ch.8.34 9.40
• Another name of me.phi.vo.shet (‎מ‎ְ‎פ‎ִ‎יב‎ֹ‎ש‎ֶׁ‎ת‎ "Mephibosheth" מְפִיבֹשֶׁת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְרִיב בַּ֫עַל‎ proper name, masculine (baal is (our, my, his) advocate (?), compare Nes^Eg.120 Dr^{284, 4}; but Grau^{Prop. N. 201} thinks ‎מרי בעל‎ original form = hero of Baal); —

1. son of Jonathan 1Chr 8:34, ‎בָּ֑עַל‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ V:34; 1Chr 9:40 = ‎מְרִיבַֿעַל‎ (err. ?) V:40 = ‎מְפִיבשֶׁת‎ (later change, see ‎בּשֶׁת‎ below ‎בושׁ‎) 2Sam 4:4; 2Sam 9:6 (twice in verse); 2Sam 9:10; 2Sam 9:11; 2Sam 9:12 (twice in verse); 2Sam 9:13; 2Sam 16:1; 2Sam 16:4; 2Sam 19:26*; 2Sam 19:31*; 2Sam 21:7, ‎מְפִבשֶׁת‎ 2Sam 16:25 (called ‎בֶּןשָֿׁאוּל‎); ᵐ5 in 2 Μεμφι Βοσθε, in 1 Chronicles (usually) Μεριβααλ; ᵐ5^L Mεμφιβααλ in 2 Samuel (except 2Sam 4:1; 2Sam 4:2 etc., where notin HCT).

2. ‎מְפִבשֶׁת‎ son of saul and Rispah, according to 2Sam 21:8, ᵐ5 (including ᵐ5^L) Μεμφιβοσθε.

‎רִיחַ‎, ‎רֵיחַ‎ see ‎רוח‎. ‎רֵים‎ see ‎רְאֵם‎. [‎רֵיעַ‎] see II. ‎רֵעַ‎ below ‎רעח‎. ‎רִיעַ‎ see ‎ריּע‎

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