מְרִיבָה
meriva · Meribah
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4809 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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meriva (מְרִיבָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “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).
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me·ri·va
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Exodus 17:7
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?”
- Numbers 20:13
These are the waters of Meribah, where the sons of Israel quarreled with YHWH, and he showed himself holy among them.
- Numbers 20:24
“Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.
- Numbers 27:14
because you rebelled against my command in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the community, instead of sanctifying me at the waters before their eyes.” These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
- Deuteronomy 33:8
And of Levi he said, “Your Thummim and your Urim belong to your faithful man, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah;
- Psalms 81:7
In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I examined you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.