mᵊrīvā מְרִיבָה ‘Meribah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
the same as mᵊrīvā מְרִיבָה ‘provocation’
Roots:
מריבה
mᵊrīvā pr n loc
Meribah = "strife" or "contention"
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