# 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. Alternate translation: "suffered because of their actions" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])