H4807 — מְרִיבּ בַּעַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewMriybnameOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4807
Word:	מְרִיבּ בַּעַל
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from H7378 and H1168
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	Mriyb
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	Ba`al (mer-eeb' bah'-al) n/p.
Meaning:	1. quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal, an epithet of Gideon
KJV Renderings:	Merib-baal.

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BDB7908

מְרִיב בַּ֫עַל proper name, masculine (baal is (our, my, his) advocate (?), compare Nes^Eg.120 Dr^{284, 4}; but Grau^{Prop. N. 201} thinks מרי בעל original form = hero of Baal); —

1. son of Jonathan 1Chr 8:34, בָּ֑עַל ׳ מ V:34; 1Chr 9:40 = מְרִיבַֿעַל (err. ?) V:40 = מְפִיבשֶׁת (later change, see בּשֶׁת below בושׁ) 2Sam 4:4; 2Sam 9:6 (twice in verse); 2Sam 9:10; 2Sam 9:11; 2Sam 9:12 (twice in verse); 2Sam 9:13; 2Sam 16:1; 2Sam 16:4; 2Sam 19:26; 2Sam 19:31; 2Sam 21:7, מְפִבשֶׁת 2Sam 16:25 (called בֶּןשָֿׁאוּל); ᵐ5 in 2 Μεμφι Βοσθε, in 1 Chronicles (usually) Μεριβααλ; ᵐ5 ^L Mεμφιβααλ in 2 Samuel (except 2Sam 4:1; 2Sam 4:2 etc., where notin HCT).

2. מְפִבשֶׁת son of saul and Rispah, according to 2Sam 21:8, ᵐ5 (including ᵐ5 ^L ) Μεμφιβοσθε.

רִיחַ, רֵיחַ see רוח . רֵים see רְאֵם .

[רֵיעַ] see II. רֵעַ below רעח. רִיעַ see ריּע