מְרִיבָה

Strong’s Definition

Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert

Etymology & Derivation

the same as H4808 (מְרִיבָה);

KJV Usage

Meribah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Mᵉrîybâh; Pronunciation: mer-ee-baw'