The meaning of Merib-baal in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)

mer-ib-ba'-al (meribhba'al; also meri-bha'al, "Baal contends"): The spelling varies in a single verse; I Chronicles 9:40 contains the name twice: first, in the first form above; second, in the second form. The name is given also in I Chronicles 8:34. It is the other name of MEPHIBOSHETH (2) (which see).

In Jeremiah 11:13 and Hosea 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 pe (p) and resh (r) in Hebrew.

Henry Wallace

See more on the meaning of Merib-baal in the Bible:
Merib-baal {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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