Lexical Definition

‎מְרִיבָה‎ Mᵉrîybâh (mer-ee-baw') Meribah ^N:N--L
the same as ‎מְרִיבָה‎

Meribah.

• § Meribah = "strife" or "contention"
• Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert

1) a fountain at Rephidim, in the desert of Sin; so called because the Israelites murmured against God
2) the name of the water supply at Kadesh on the southern border of the promised land; the people also murmured here against God

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Also see: קָדֵשׁ

II. ‎מְרִיבָה‎ proper name, of a location (place of strife); —

1. at Rephidim, ‎׳‎‎מַסָּה וּמ‎ Exod 17:7 (J), Λοιδόρησις.

2. at Kadesh, especially in ‎מֵי מְרִיבָה‎ water of M. (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ ἁντιλογίας) Deut 33:8; Num 20:13 (P) Ps 81:8*; Ps 106:32, also (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ τῆς λοιδορίας ᵐ5^L as above) Num 20:24 (P); ‎׳‎‎מ‎ construct in ‎מֵי מְרִיבַת קָדֵשׁ‎ (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ ἁντιλογίας [ἑν] Καδης) Num 27:14; Deut 32:51 (both P), and (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ βαριμωθ Καδης Ezek 48:28 so ‎מֵי מְרִיבוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ezek 47:19 (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ Μαριμωθ Καδης); Deut 33:2 see ‎קֹדֶשׁ‎ near the end; ‎מְרִיבָה‎ along, only Ps 95:8 (παραπικρασμός; || ‎יוֺם מַסָּה‎).

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