Lexical Summary meah or meyah: hundred Original Word: מֵאָהTransliteration: meah or meyah Phonetic Spelling: (may-aw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: hundred Meaning: a hundred Strong's Concordance hundredfoldOr metyah {may-yaw'}; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction -- hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore. Brown-Driver-Briggs H3967. meah or meyah I. מֵאָה583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאתים מאת, (dual); Phoenician מאתם מאת (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic Sabean מאתם מאת OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic ; Aramaic מְאָה, ; Palmyrene מאה תלת300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — ׳מ Genesis 6:3 144t.; construct מְאַת 5:3 30t. (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324t. (מֵאֹת only 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 3t. 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם-) Genesis 11:19 76t. (but 1 Samuel 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: קְשִׂיטָה מֵאָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); ׳מ אִישׁ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; ׳מ אַמָּה 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; ׳מ כִּכָּר 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; ׳מ אֶלֶף = 100, 000 1 Kings 20:29 6t. Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3; (2) less often followed by plural שְׁעָרִים מֵאָה Genesis 26:12 (J), ׳מ מְּעָמִים 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, ׳מ נְבִיאִים 1 Kings 18:4, etc.; (3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: מֵאָה הָרִמֹּנִים Jeremiah 52:23, הַמֵּאָה אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32; (4) exceptional is כֶסֶף כְּלֵי לְכִּכָּרִים מֵאָה Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, כֶסֶף מֵאָה Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); קַיִץ מֵאָה 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes); (5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; ׳מ Proverbs 17:10 100(blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100(children), 8:12 100(times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39 see below b. absolute dual, (I) foll, by singular, אִישׁ מָאתַיִם 1 Samuel 18:27; 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, ׳מ לֶחֶם 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, ׳מ צִנָּה 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, ׳מ אֶלֶף 1 Samuel 15:4 +, ׳מ שָׁנָה Genesis 11:23 (P); (2) less often followed by plural ׳מ שְׁקָלִים Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, ׳מ דְּבֵלִים 1 Samuel 25:18, ׳מ אֲנָשִׁים 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4; (3) also preceded by plural noun: מ ׳עִוִּים Genesis 32:15, מ ׳רְחֵלִים 32:15 (E), מ ׳הָרִמּוֺנִים 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65; (4) with ellipsis ׳מ כֶּסֶף Judges 17:4; (5) as predicate, מ ׳רָאשֵׁיהֶם1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H). c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת — (1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially (הַ)מּ ׳שָׂרֵי captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +; (2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: מ ׳שְׁלשׁ אִישׁ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; מ ׳אַרְבַּע שָׁנָה Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; מ ׳חֲמֵשׁ אֶלֶף 2 Samuel 24:9 500, 000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; מ ׳שֵׁשׁ רֶכֶב Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; ׳מ שְׁבַע אִישׁ Judges 20:15-16, 700men; מ ׳שְׁמֹנֶה חָלָל 2 Samuel 23:8 800slain; מ ׳תְּשַׁע רֶכֶב Judges 4:3, 13 900chariots; (3) less often followed by plural noun: מ ׳שְׁלשׁ שׁוּעָלִים 15:4 300foxes; מ ׳חֲמֵשׁ אֲתוֺנוֺת Job 1:3 500she-asses, etc.; (4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מ שְׁלשׁ ׳מִּלַגְשִׁים 1 Kings 11:3 300concubines, compare 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after n.collective מ חֲמֵשׁ ׳בָּקָר35:9; (5) rare is מ ׳חֲמֵשׁ בַּשֶּׁקֶל Exodus 30:24 (P); (6) ellipsis of n., מ ׳שְׁלשׁ כֶּסֶף Genesis 45:22 (E), etc. d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; 21:5; 25:7 (all P) + 25 t. P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100times מְּעָמִיםׅ (מֵאָה, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 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.): שָׂרִים וְעֶשֶׂר מֵאָה Judges 2:8; מֵאוֺת שֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר וָשֵׁשׁ שִׁשִּׁים 1 Kings 10:14 666talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and 7:31); (2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare אמה ומאת אמה ואלף SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898). b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — וּמֵאָה עֶשְׂרִים Numbers 7:86 (P); שָׁנָה וּמְאַת וּשְׁלשִׁים שֶׁבַע Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, שָׁנָה מֵאוֺת וּשְׁלשׁ שָׁנָה וְשִׁשִּׁים חָמֵשׁ Genesis 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 הַכֶּסֶף מְאַת Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.) מְאָיוֺת Kt see מֵאָה. מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת מַאֲכֹ֫לַת, מַאֲכָל, see אבל. [מַאֲמַצִּים מַאֲמָץ,] see אמץ. [מַאֲמָר] see אָמַר. מְאָה noun feminine hundred (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳מ after noun enumerator, Ezra 6:17; 7:22 (4 t. in verse), so מ ׳אַרְבַּע 6:17, ׳מ וְעֶשְׂרִין Daniel 6:1, and dual מָאתַ֫וִן Ezra 6:17. מאֹזַנְוָא see אזן. מֵאמַר see אמר. |