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title: מְרִיבָה — strife · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרִיבָה (4808), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: strife. BDB 1906: n.f. strife, contention. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְרִיבָה

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«מְרִיבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **strife** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4808 · **BDB:** מְרִיבָה²

### Glosses

strife (1); the.strife (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

strife [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4808/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. strife, contention [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4808/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. strife, contention;—abs. מ׳, of quarrel between herdsmen Gn 13:8 (J); cstr. מְרִיבַת הָעִֽדָה, of people’s strife with Moses at Kadesh Nu 27:14 (P), cf. ii. מ׳ 2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְרִיבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4808/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 13:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.13.8/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָ֜ם אֶל־ל֗וֹט אַל־נָ֨א תְהִ֤י מְרִיבָה֙ בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֔יךָ וּבֵ֥ין רֹעַ֖י וּבֵ֣ין רֹעֶ֑יךָ כִּֽי־אֲנָשִׁ֥ים אַחִ֖ים אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Abram to Lot not please let.it.be strife between me and between you and between herdsmen my and between herdsmen your (dm) \[are\].men brothers we

*JPS 1917:* And Abram said unto Lot: 'Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.

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[Numbers 27:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.27.14/)

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כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ מְרִיתֶ֨ם פִּ֜י בְּמִדְבַּר־צִ֗ן בִּמְרִיבַת֙ הָֽעֵדָ֔ה לְהַקְדִּישֵׁ֥נִי בַמַּ֖יִם לְעֵינֵיהֶ֑ם הֵ֛ם מֵֽי־מְרִיבַ֥ת קָדֵ֖שׁ מִדְבַּר־צִֽן׃פ

*Word for word:* since you.rebelled.against mouth my in the.wilderness of.Zin in the.strife of the.congregation to treat me.as.holy at the waters to eyes their they \[were\].the.waters of.Meribath Kadesh the.wilderness of.Zin

*JPS 1917:* because ye rebelled against My commandment in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes.' — These are the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. —

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