H4579 — מֵעָה

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Hebrewme`ahnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 1227b

Definition / Gloss

me`ah (may-aw') n-f. 1. the belly, i.e. (figuratively) interior [feminine of H4578] KJV: gravel. Root(s): H4578

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gravel.

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[מָעָה] noun feminine grain (of sand), si vera lectio (Late Hebrew מָעָה, seed (of melon, etc.), coin, Aramaic [untranscribed source text 3055], מָעָא coin); — only feminine plural suffix: וַיְהִי כַחוֺל זֵרְעֶ֔ךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֵי מֵעֶיךָ כִּמְעֹתָיוּ Isa 48:19 and thy seed had been like the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof, compare ᵑ9 ᵑ7 De Di Du and others > plural of [מֵעֶה] the entrails of it (i.e. the sea) AE Ges Hi Che^Comm. — ᵐ5 ὡς ὁ χοῦς τῆς γῆς, whence Gr כְּעפרותיו.

מָעוֺג see עוג . מָעוֺז, מָעֹז see עוז (compare עזז).

I, II. מָעוֺן, מְע(וֺ)נָה, מְעוֺנֹתַי see עון .

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