1. Meribah (place name) — Proper noun denoting the place name Meribah ('strife, contention'), associated with the incident where Israel quarreled with YHWH over water at Kadesh (Exod 17:7, Num 20:13,24, Deut 33:8, Ps 81:8, 95:8, 106:32). All three clusters represent the same toponym with grammatical variation: standalone 'Meribah,' construct 'strife-of' (Meribah used appellatively or in construct chain), and conjunctive 'and-Meribah.' Consistently rendered across languages: Spanish Meriba/Meribah, Hindi मरीबा, Arabic مَرِيبَة, Korean 메리바, Swahili Meriba. 6×
AR["مَرِيبَةَ","مَرِيبَةِ","وَ-مَرِيبَةَ"]·ben["এবং-মরীবা","বিবাদের","মরীবার"]·DE["Meribah","Merivah","strife-von","und-Meribah"]·EN["Meribah","Merivah","and-Meribah","strife-of"]·FR["Meribah","Merivah","Mériba","et-Mériba","strife-de"]·heb["ו-מריבה","מריבה","מריבת"]·HI["और-मरीबा","झगड़े-के","मरीबा-के","मरीबाह-के","मेरीबाह-के।"]·ID["Meriba","dan-Meriba"]·IT["Meribah","Merivah","da-difendi","e-Meribah","strife-di"]·jav["Meriba","Meribah","Mériba","lan-Meribah"]·KO["그리고-메리바라","다투-의","다투의","메리바"]·PT["Meribá","Merivah","Merivat","de-Meribá","e-Merivah,"]·RU["Меривы","и-Мерива","распри"]·ES["Meriba","Meribah","Meribá","contienda-de","y-Meribah"]·SW["Meriba","na-Meriba"]·TR["Meriva","Meriva'nın","ve-Meriva","çekişmenin"]·urd["اور-مریبہ","جھگڑے-کا","مریباہ-کے","مریبہ","مریبہ-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. מְרִיבָה n.pr.loc. (place of strife);— 1. at Rephidim, מַסָּה וּמ׳ Ex 17:7 (J), Λοιδόρησις. 2. 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…