Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
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; Dt. 6:16; Ps. 95:8, 9; Heb. 3:8).