BDB4484
I. מֵאָה583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2868] Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2869]; Aramaic מְאָה, [untranscribed source text 2870]; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300 VogPalm 6, 4 ; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — ׳ מ Gen 6:3 + 144 t.; construct מְאַת Gen 5:3 + 30 t. (on מְאַת Eccl 8:12 see 2.d. below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Gen 5:9 + 324 t. (מֵאֹת only Gen 5:4; Gen 5:30); המאיות Kt 2Kgs 11:4 + 3 t. 2Kgs 11 dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם-) Gen 11:19 + 76 t. (but 1Sam 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred: —
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular, (I) following by singular
of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה
Gen 33:19
;
Josh 24:32 (both
E
); אִישׁ
׳
מ
Judg 7:19
; 1Kgs
18:13
; 2Kgs 4:43
אַמָּה
׳
מ
1Kgs 7:2;
Ezek
40:19 +; כִּכָּר
׳
מ
2Kgs
23:33;
2Chr
25:6;
2Chr
27:5;
2Chr
36:3;
Ezra
8:26
אֶלֶף
׳
מ = 100,000 1Kgs 20:29 + 6 t. Kings Chronicles; compare also Gen 17:17 (
P
),
2Sam 8:4;
Isa 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun
רֶכֶב
2Sam 8:4
= 1Chr 18:4
, צאֹן
1Kgs 5:3
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים
Gen 26:12
(
J
), פְּעָמִים
׳
מ
2Sam 24:3
=
1Chr 21:3, נְבִיאִים
׳
מ
1Kgs 18:4
, etc.; (3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה
Jer
52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה
Ezek 42:2
, compare
Ezra
2:69;
2Chr
3:16; 2Chr
4:8
; 2Chr
29:32
(4) exceptional is
מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף
Ezra 8:26
also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף
Deut
22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ
2Sam 16:1
(i.e. cakes); (5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a
hundred (men, persons) Judg 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Lev 26:8
(twice in verse) (
H
),
1Chr
12:14
׳
מ
Prov
17:10 = 100 (blows), Eccl 6:3 = 100 (children),
(times). — On Neh 3:1; Neh 12:39 see below
b.
absolute dual, (I) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ
1Sam
18:27;
1Sam
30:10;
2Sam 15:11, לֶחֶם
׳
מ
1Sam
25:18;
2Sam
16:1, צִנָּה
׳
מ
1Kgs
10:16 =
2Chr
9:15, אֶלֶף
׳
מ
1Sam 15:4
+, שָׁנָה
׳
מ
Gen 11:23
(
P
); (2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים
׳
מ
Josh 7:21
(
J
E
),
2Sam
14:26, דְּבֵלִים
׳
מ
1Sam
25:18, אֲנָשִׁים
׳
מ
1Sam
30:21, compare
Ezra 8:4 (3) also preceded by plural noun: ׳
עִוִּים מ
Gen 32:15
, ׳
רְחֵלִים מ
Gen 32:15
(
E
), ׳
הָרִמּוֺנִים מ
1Kgs 7:20
, compare
1Chr
15:8;
2Chr 29:32;
Ezra 2:65 (4) with ellipsis
כֶּסֶף
׳
מ
Judg 17:4
(5) as predicate, ׳
רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ
1Chr
12:32 (33 van d. H).
c.
absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת — (1) alone, = hundreds,
לְמֵאוֺת
1Sam 29:2
by hundreds, so 2Sam 18:4 (both + thousands); especially ׳
שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ
captains of (the) hundreds
Exod
18:21;
Exod
18:25 (
E
), 2Kgs
11:4
; 2Kgs 11:9
; 2Kgs 11:10
;
2Kgs 11:15
+;
(2)
multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ
׳
שְׁלשׁ מ
Judg 7:6,
300 men, compare Judg 7:7 Judg 7:8 Judg 7:16; Judg 8:4; Exod 12:27 (
E
), etc.; שָׁנָה
׳
אַרְבַּע מ
Gen 15:13
(
J
E
) 400 years; אֶלֶף
׳
חֲמֵשׁ מ
2Sam 24:9
500,000, compare 2Chr 13:17
רֶכֶב
׳
שֵׁשׁ מ
Exod 14:7
(
J
) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע
׳
מ
Judg
20:15;
Judg
20:16 700 men; חָלָל
׳
שְׁמֹנֶה מ
2Sam 23:8
800 slain; רֶכֶב
׳
תְּשַׁע מ
Judg 4:3;
Judg 4:13
900 chariots; (3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים
׳
שְׁלשׁ מ
Judg 15:4
300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת
׳
חֲמֵשׁ מ
Job 1:3
500 she-asses, etc.; (4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun ׳
פִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ
1Kgs 11:3
300 concubines, compare 1Kgs 7:42 = 2Chr 4:13; 1Chr 4:42; 2Chr 14:8
etc.; after n.collective ׳
בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ
2Chr 35:9
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל
׳
חֲמֵשׁ מ
Exod
30:24 (
P
); (6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף
׳
שְׁלשׁ מ
Gen 45:22
(
E
), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late:
מְאַתשָֿׁנָה
Gen 11:10
; Gen
21:5; Gen
25:7
(all
P
) + 25 t.
P
,
1Chr 25:9;
Esth
1:4 (DrIntr. 124
) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת
Eccl 8:12
= 100 times
(מֵאָה פְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. פַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (
Köii. 228 compare
Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Neh 5:11 see 3
below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten
if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see
Köii.
218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים
Judg 2:8
שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת
1Kgs
10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Neh 7:24 and Neh 7:31
); (2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה
וְעֶשְׂרִים
שָׁנָה
מֵאָה
שָׁנִים
וְשֶׁבַע
Gen 23:1
(
P
) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה
SI5.6
DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b.
less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: —
עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה
Num 7:86
(
P
); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה
Exod 6:16
(
P
), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ
מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה
Gen 5:23
(
P
), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff.
DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d)
Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d.
Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3.
מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף
Neh 5:11
= a hundredth part of the money; but read quite
possibly מַשַּׁאת
the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227
Gr.)