(strife, contention), in Exodus 17:7 we read, “he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah,” where the people murmured and the rock was smitten. The name is also given to Kadesh (Numbers 20:13, 24; 27:14; Deuteronomy 32:51) (Meribah-kadesh), because there also the people, when in want of water, strove with God.