§ 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 · וּמְרִיבָ֑הHe named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”Numbers 20:13 · מְרִיבָ֔הThese were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.Numbers 20:24 · מְרִיבָֽה׃“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.Numbers 27:14 · מְרִיבַ֥תfor when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin.Deuteronomy 32:51 · מְרִיבַ֥תFor at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.Deuteronomy 33:8 · מְרִיבָֽה׃Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.Psalm 81:7 · מְרִיבָ֣הYou called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. SelahPsalm 95:8 · כִּמְרִיבָ֑הdo not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,Psalm 106:32 · מְרִיבָ֑הAt the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.