Meribah
    quarrel or strife. (1.) One of the names given by Moses to the
    fountain in the desert of Sin, near Rephidim, which issued from
    the rock in Horeb, which he smote by the divine command,
    "because of the chiding of the children of Israel" (Ex. 17:1-7).
    It was also called Massah (q.v.). It was probably in Wady
    Feiran, near Mount Serbal.
      (2.) Another fountain having a similar origin in the desert of
    Zin, near to Kadesh (Num. 27:14). The two places are mentioned
    together in Deut. 33:8. Some think the one place is called by
    the two names (Ps. 81:7). In smiting the rock at this place
    Moses showed the same impatience as the people (Num. 20:10-12).
    This took place near the close of the wanderings in the desert
    (Num. 20:1-24; Deut. 32:51).
 Meribah, dispute; quarrel