Trial, temptation, a name given to the place where the Israelites, by their murmuring for want of water, provoked Jehovah to anger against them. It is also called Meribah ([Ex. 17:7](/exod#Exod.17.7); [Deut. 6:16](/deut#Deut.6.16); [Ps. 95:8](/ps#Ps.95.8), [9](/ps#Ps.95.9); [Heb. 3:8](/heb#Heb.3.8)).