מְרִיבָהmᵉrîybâh
strife, contention (Genesis 13:8; Numbers 27:14)
Pronunciation: mer-ee-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4808
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 13:8 Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!
- Numbers 27:14 for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).