Numbers 20:13
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
מְרִיבָה
Mᵉrîybâh
Meribah, the name of two places in the Desert
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
נָצָה
nâtsâh
properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
קָדַשׁ
qâdash
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
Key Terms in This Verse
נָצָה nâtsâh
properly, to go forth, i.e. (by implication) to be expelled, and (consequently) desolate; causatively, to lay waste; also (specifically), to quarrel
Study H5327 →קָדַשׁ qâdash
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
Study H6942 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →בֵּן bên
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 father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →יִשְׂרָאֵל Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
Study H3478 →Cross References
Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be...
I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be s...
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