Word

מְרִיבָה

Mᵉrîybâh · H4809 · Hebrew · proper noun · 11 occurrences

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This name belongs to 3 places

Meribahfirst named in Numbers 20:135 verses
Meribahfirst named in Exodus 17:73 verses
Meribah-kadeshfirst named in Deuteronomy 32:513 verses

Meanings

Meribah

Location, also called Massah along the route of the exodus; one of the places where the Israelites rebelled against Moses because of a lack of water

Examples
Exodus 17:7 Then he named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us, or not?”
Numbers 20:13 Those were called the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel argued with the LORD, and He proved Himself holy among them.
Numbers 20:24 “Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

4 occurrences in 1 groups

קָדֵשׁmale temple prostitute 4

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

קָרָאto call, to cry out 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כlike/as 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

9 occurrences in 1 groups

מַיִםwater 9

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Conflict002003002006: מְרִיבָה describes strife, illustrated at Exodus 17:7 ("he named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel") and Numbers 20:13 ("these are the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the LORD").
Names of Locations003001010: מְרִיבָה also names Meribah, the place commemorating that strife, illustrated at Numbers 20:13 and Numbers 20:24 ("you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah").

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4809. Meribah II. מְרִיבָה proper name, of a location (place of strife); — 1 at…

H4809. Meribah
II. מְרִיבָה proper name, of a location (place of strife); —
1 at Rephidim, וּמ ׳מַסָּה Exo 17:7 (J), Λοιδόρησις.
2 at Kadesh, especially in מְרִיבָה מֵי water of M. (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ ἁντιλογίας) Deu 33:8; Num 20:13 (P) Psa 81:8; Psa 106:32, also (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ τῆς λοιδορίας ᵐ5L as above) Num 20:24 (P); ׳מ construct in קָדֵשׁ מְרִיבַת מֵי (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ ἁντιλογίας [ἑν] Καδης) Num 27:14; Deu 32:51 (both P), and (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ βαριμωθ Καδης Eze 48:28; so ׳ק מְרִיבוֺת מֵי Eze 47:19 (ᵐ5 ὕδωρ Μαριμωθ Καδης); Deu 33:2 see קֹדֶשׁ near the end; מְרִיבָה along, only Psa 95:8 (παραπικρασμός; || מַסָּה יוֺם).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0