Study it in the app“He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the sons of Israel, and because they tested YHWH, saying, “Is YHWH among us or not?””
He calledוַיִּקְרָאthe nameשֵׁםof the placeהַמָּקוֹםMassahמַסָּהand Meribah,וּמְרִיבָהbecause ofעַלthe quarrelingרִיבof the sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand becauseוְעַלthey testedנַסֹּתָםYHWH,אֶת יְהוָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“IsהֲיֵשׁYHWHיְהוָהamong usבְּקִרְבֵּנוּorאִםnot?”אָיִן
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsMassah
Massah, "testing": the place where Israel put YHWH to the test.
Where else “masa” appearsMeribah
Meribah, "quarrel": the name of two places where Israel quarreled over water, one at Rephidim (Exodus 17:7) and one at Kadesh (Numbers 20:13).
Where else “meriva” appearsquarrel
A fight of words between people.
Where else “riv” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearstest
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “nasota” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsmidst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appears“Massah” means “testing,” and “Meribah,” “quarreling.”
6Look, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
