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title: מְרִיבָה — Meribah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְרִיבָה (4809), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Meribah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. 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: **Meribah** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 4809 · **BDB:** מְרִיבָה³

### Glosses

of.Meribah (6); of.Meribath (3); Meribah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Meribah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4809/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4809/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (place of strife);— at Rephidim, מַסָּה וּמ׳ Ex 17:7 (J), Λοιδόρησις. at Kadesh, especially in מֵי מְרִיבָה water of M. (𝔊 ὕδωρ ἀντιλογίας) Dt 33:8 Nu 20:13 (P) ψ 81:8; 106:32, also (𝔊 ὕδωρ τῆς λοιδορίας, 𝔊L as above) Nu 20:24 (P); מ׳ cstr. in מֵי מְרִיבַת קָדֵשׁ (𝔊 ὕδωρ ἀντιλογίας \[ἐν\] Καδης) Nu 27:14 Dt 32:51 (both P), and (𝔊 ὕδωρ βαριμωθ Καδης) Ez 48:28; so מֵי מְרִיבוֹת ק׳ 47:19 (𝔊 ὕδωρ Μαριμωθ Καδης); Dt 33:2 v. קֹדֶשׁ ad fin.; מְרִיבָה alone, only ψ 95:8 (παραπικρασμός; ‖ יוֹם מַסָּה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1502/4809/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 95:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.95.8/)

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אַל־תַּקְשׁ֣וּ לְ֭בַבְכֶם כִּמְרִיבָ֑ה כְּי֥וֹם מַ֝סָּ֗ה בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃

*Word for word:* do.not harden heart your like Meribah like the.day of.Massah in the wilderness

*JPS 1917:* 'Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness;

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[Psalms 106:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.32/)

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וַ֭יַּקְצִיפוּ עַל־מֵ֥י מְרִיבָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥רַע לְ֝מֹשֶׁ֗ה בַּעֲבוּרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.provoked.\[him\].to.anger at the.waters of.Meribah and it.was.bad for Moses because of them

*JPS 1917:* They angered Him also at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses because of them;

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