מְרִיב בַּעַל
Mᵉrîyb Baʻal · mer-eeb' bah'-al
quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal, an epithet of Gideon
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7378 (רִיב) and H1168 (בַּעַל);
quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal, an epithet of Gideon
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Merib-baal. Compare H4810 (מְרִי בַעַל).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the head, the highest › the hand that works › the house, what is within › the house, what is within › to see and know › authority, the one who leads
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the head, the highest of the hand that works of the house, what is within of the house, what is within that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְרִיב בַּעַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was meribbaal2 · 67%
- and meribbaal1 · 33%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.