§ Meribah = "strife" or "contention" 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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H4809 — מְרִיבָה
me.ri.vah · Meribah · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Exodus 17:7 · וּמְרִיבָ֑הAnd he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not?Numbers 20:13 · מְרִיבָ֔הThese are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Jehovah, and he was sanctified in them.Numbers 20:24 · מְרִיבָֽה׃Aaron shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.Numbers 27:14 · מְרִיבַ֥תbecause ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)Deuteronomy 32:51 · מְרִיבַ֥תbecause ye trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.Deuteronomy 33:8 · מְרִיבָֽה׃And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;Psalm 81:7 · מְרִיבָ֣הThou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. [SelahPsalm 95:8 · כִּמְרִיבָ֑הHarden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness;Psalm 106:32 · מְרִיבָ֑הThey angered him also at the waters of Meribah, So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes;