# Meribah

This is a place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# suffered because of them

Moses suffered because of the peoples' sin. Here the word "them" is a pronoun for the people and a metonym referring to their sin. AT: "suffered because of their actions" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# but they mingled with the nations

Hey David speaks of the people intermarrying with the women from other nations as "mingling" with them. AT: "but they mixed in marriage with the other nations" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# which became a snare to them

The idols became a snare to them.