Strong's Lexicon

H4577

H4577 — מְעָה מְעָא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Aramaicm`ahnoun mascOccurrences: 1TWOT: 2837

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4577
Word:מְעָה מְעָא
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:corresponding to H4578
Language:Aramaic
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:m`ah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:meh-aw' ((Aramaic) or m(ae (Aramaic) {meh-aw'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. only in plural the bowels
KJV Renderings:belly.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9676

[מְעָא] noun [masculine] plural external belly (see Biblical Hebrew [ מֵעֶה ] 6); — suffix מְע֫וֺהִי Dan 2:32 (of image in vision).


מַעֲבַד see עבד . מְע֫וֺהִר see [מְעָא]. above,


מֵעָל see עלל .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

עא (āhg)

Daniel 5:4

KJV: They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
EHCC: of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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