Numbers 20:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֚מָּה מֵ֣י מְרִיבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־רָב֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּקָּדֵ֖שׁ בָּֽם

Transliteration

hēmmâ mê mərîbâ which-rābû bənê-yiśrāʾēl ʾet-yəhwâ and-yiqqādēš in-them

Grammar Details

• *hēmmâ*: 3rd masculine plural pronoun - they/these
• *mê*: masculine plural construct - waters of
• *mərîbâ*: feminine singular - strife/contention
• *rābû*: qal perfect 3rd plural - contended
• *bənê*: masculine plural construct - sons/children of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *yəhwâ*: proper noun - the LORD
• *yiqqādēš*: waw-consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he was sanctified

Word Meanings

• *mê* *mərîbâ*: waters of Meribah/waters of strife
• *rābû*: contended/quarreled/strove
• *bənê*-*yiśrāʾēl*: children of Israel/Israelites
• *yiqqādēš*: was sanctified/showed himself holy

Referenced Verses

• Ps 95:8 : 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
• Exod 17:7 : 7 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?
• Deut 33:8 : 8 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;
• Deut 32:51 : 51 Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
• Ps 106:32-48 : 32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: 33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. 34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: 35 But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. 36 And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. 37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, 38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. 39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. 40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. 43 Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. 44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. 46 He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. 47 Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. 48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD.
• Isa 5:16 : 16 But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
• Ezek 20:41 : 41 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.
• Ezek 36:23 : 23 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 sanctified in you before their eyes.
• Ezek 38:16 : 16 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 sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.