Lexical Summary Merib Baal: perhaps "Baal is advocate", a son of Jonathan Original Word: מְרִיב בַּעַלTransliteration: Merib Baal Phonetic Spelling: (mer-eeb' bah'-al) Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: perhaps "Baal is advocate", a son of Jonathan Meaning: Merib-baal -- perhaps "Baal is advocate", a son of Jonathan Strong's Concordance Merib-baal From riyb and Ba'al; quarreller of Baal, Merib-Baal, an epithet of Gideon -- Merib-baal. Compare Mriy Ba'al. see HEBREW riyb see HEBREW Ba'al see HEBREW Mriy Ba'al Brown-Driver-Briggs H4807. Merib Baal בַּ֫עַל מְרִיב proper name, masculine (baal is (our, my, his) advocate (?), compare NesEg.120 Dr284, 4; but GrauProp. N. 201 thinks בעל מרי original form = hero of Baal); — 1 son of Jonathan 1 Chronicles 8:34, ׳מ בָּ֑עַל V:34; 9:40 = מְרִיבַֿעַל (err. ?) V:40 = מְפִיבשֶׁת (later change, see בּשֶׁת below בושׁ) 2 Samuel 4:4; 9:6 (twice in verse); 9:10-11, 12 (twice in verse); 9:13; 16:1, 4; 19:26; 19:31; 21:7, מְפִבשֶׁת 2 Samuel 16:25 (called בֶּןשָֿׁאוּל); ᵐ5 in 2 Μεμφι Βοσθε, in 1Chronicles (usually) Μεριβααλ; ᵐ5L Mεμφιβααλ in 2Samuel (except 4:1-2,etc., where notin HCT). 2 מְפִבשֶׁת son of saul and Rispah, according to 2 Samuel 21:8, ᵐ5 (including ᵐ5L) Μεμφιβοσθε. רֵיחַ רִיחַ, see רוח. רֵים see רְאֵם. [רֵיעַ] see II. רֵעַ below רעח. רִיעַ see ריּע ריף (√ of following; meaning unknown). |
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