BDB4752
[מֵעֶה] noun masculine Isa 16:11 only plural internal organs, inward parts (intestines, bowels), belly (Late Hebrew id. ; Aramaic מְעָא, מַעֲיָא, [untranscribed source text 3051], [untranscribed source text 3052]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3053]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3054]; — on form compare LagBN 156 BaZMG xiii. 1888, 345); — plural [מֵעִים] construct מְעֵי Ps 71:6 + 3 t.; suffix מֵעַי 2Sam 16:11 + 9 t., מֵעָ֑י Ps 22:15; Ps 40:9 מֵעֶיךָ Gen 15:4 + 6 t.; מֵעַיִךְ Gen 25:23; Num 5:22 מֵעָיו 2Sam 20:10 + 5 t.; מֵעֵיהֶם Ezek 7:19 —
1. literally:
a.
וַיִּשְׁפֹּךְ מֵעָיו אַ֫רְצָה
2Sam 20:10
and he poured out his inward parts on the ground (through a wound); compare ׳
מַחֲלֵה מ
2Chr 21:15
;
2Chr 21:18
,
׳
יָָֽצְאוּ מ 2Chr 21:15 2Chr 21:19.
b. as digestive organs, but without
precision, nearly = stomach, belly, Job 20:14; Ezek 3:3 (|| בֶּטֶן
), Ezek
7:19 (||
נֶפֶשׁ; both with מָלֵא), Num 5:22 so of fish that swallowed Jonah Jonah 2:1; Jonah 2:2.
2. source of procreation: אשׁר יצא
׳
מִמּ (said of offspring) Gen 15:4 (
J
E
), 2Sam
7:12
(|| זַרְעֲךָ), 2Sam 16:11
׳
צֶאֱצָאֵי מ
Isa 48:19
(||
id.); ׳
מִיצִיאֵי מ
2Chr 32:21
.
3. = womb, שְׁנֵי לְאֻמִּים מִמֵּעַיִח יִפָּרֵ֑דוּ
Gen 25:23 (
J
; || בֶּטֶן), compare Isa 49:1 (|| id.), Ps 71:6 (|| id.
), Ruth
1:11.
4. in general = inwards, inward part, ׳
לִבִּי ֗֗֗ נָמֵס בְּתוֺךְ מ
Ps 22:15,
compare ׳
תּוֺרָֽתְךָ בְּתוֺךְ מ
Ps 40:9.
5.
figurative = seat of emotions: pity, Isa 16:11 (|| קֶרֶב); of God's compassion, Jer 31:20
(||
רחם; in both subject of verb הָמוּ); הֲמוֺן מֵעֶיךָ
Isa 63:15
(||
רַחֲמֶיךָ); distress, Jer 4:19 (twice in verse) (|| לֵב, מֵעַי חֳמַרְמָרוּ
Lam 1:20 (||
לֵב),
Lam 2:11 (|| כָּבֵד
liver); מֵעַי רֻתְּחוּ
Job 30:27
(dubious, see Bu); love, מֵעַי הָמוּ עָלָיו
Song 5:4.
6. the external belly, מֵעָיו עֶשֶׁת שֵׁן
Song 5:14.