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Numbers 20

Num. 20:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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This is the water
mayim (Hebrew #4325)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
KJV usage: + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
Pronounce: mah'-yim
Origin: dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense)
of γMeribah
Mriybah (Hebrew #4809)
Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert
KJV usage: Meribah.
Pronounce: mer-ee-baw'
Origin: the same as 4808
; because the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
strove
riyb (Hebrew #7378)
a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, X ever, X lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, X thoroughly.
Pronounce: reeb
Origin: or ruwb {roob}
with the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and he was sanctified
qadash (Hebrew #6942)
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), X wholly.
Pronounce: kaw-dash'
Origin: a primitive root
z in them.
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That is, strife,
Ex. 17:7• 7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not? (Ex. 17:7)
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Ezek. 20:41• 41As a sweet savour will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you in the sight of the nations. (Ezek. 20:41)

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Israel,
Meribah; Meribah-kadesh,
Sanctify

Cross References

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the water.
Deut. 33:8• 8And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are for thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; (Deut. 33:8)
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Psa. 95:8• 8Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah, in the wilderness; (Psa. 95:8)
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Psa. 106:32‑48• 32And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;
 33For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
 34They did not destroy the peoples, as Jehovah commanded them;
 35But they mingled with the nations, and learned their works;
 36And they served their idols; and they were a snare unto them:
 37And they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto demons,
 38And shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with blood.
 39And they were defiled with their works, and went a-whoring in their doings.
 40Then was the anger of Jehovah kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance;
 41And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:
 42And their enemies oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
 43Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.
 44But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;
 45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses;
 46And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives.
 47Save us, Jehovah our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
 48Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, from eternity and to eternity! And let all the people say, Amen! Hallelujah! (Psa. 106:32‑48)
Meribah.
i.e., Strife.
Ex. 17:7• 7And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted Jehovah, saying, Is Jehovah among us, or not? (Ex. 17:7)
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Deut. 32:51• 51because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye hallowed me not in the midst of the children of Israel. (Deut. 32:51)
Meribah-Kadesh.
he was.
Isa. 5:16• 16and Jehovah of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and the holy *God hallowed in righteousness. (Isa. 5:16)
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Ezek. 20:41• 41As a sweet savour will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be hallowed in you in the sight of the nations. (Ezek. 20:41)
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Ezek. 36:23• 23And I will hallow my great name, which was profaned among the nations, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, saith the Lord Jehovah, when I shall be hallowed in you before their eyes. (Ezek. 36:23)
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Ezek. 38:16• 16And thou shalt come up against my people Israel as a cloud to cover the land--it shall be at the end of days--and I will bring thee against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be hallowed in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. (Ezek. 38:16)

J. N. Darby Translation

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These are the waters of Meribaha, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.

JND Translation Notes

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Contention.