Merib-Baal

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mer-ib-bā´al (מריב־בּעל, merībhba‛al; also מרי־בעל, merī-bha‛al, “Baal contends” or "contender with Baal"):

The spelling varies in a single verse; 1 Chronicles 9:40 contains the name twice: first, in the first form above; second, in the second form. The name is given also in 1 Chronicles 8:34. It is the other name of Mephibosheth (2) (2 Samuel 4:4), the son of Jonathan. (which see).

In Jeremiah 11:13 and Hoshea 9:10 the terms “Baal” and “Bosheth” seem to stand in apposition, the latter form being a slightly contemptuous alternative rendered “shame.” This is akin to other like changes, such as Esh-Baal for Ish-Bosheth, Jerub-Besheth for Jerub-Baal, etc. The change in the first part of the name could occur through a clerical confusion of the Hebrew aspirate pē (p) and rēsh (r) in Hebrew.