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Genesis 13:8

וַ יֹּאמֶר אַבְרָם אֶל לֹוט אַל נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה בֵּינִי וּ בֵינֶיךָ וּ בֵין רֹעַי וּ בֵין רֹעֶיךָ כִּי אֲנָשִׁים אַחִים אֲנָחְנוּ

And Raised-Father is saying toward Lot, `Do not, now, become a wrestling-place493 between me and between you, and between those-who-see of mine and those-who-see of yours, for mortal-men, brothers are ourselves.


493

Strong’s #4808, meribah. Wrestling, grapple place. Meribah becomes a location or place symbolizing wrestling among the builders of Israel (Ex. 17:7, Num. 20:13,24, 27:14, Deut. 33:8, Ps. 81:7).