Strong Hebrew #3968 - מֵאָה Meah
| Original Word: | מֵאָה |
| Transliteration: | Meah |
| Phonetic Spelling: | (may-aw') |
| Definition: | a tower on the N. wall of Jer |
| Part of Speech: | Noun Feminine |
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Meah
The same as me'ah; Meah, a tower in Jerusalem -- Meah.
see HEBREW me'ah
Englishman's Concordance
Meah=“hundred”
1) a tower on the north rampart of Jerusalem in the wall of Nehemiah
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H3967
Brown-Driver-Briggs
II.
מֵאָהnoun feminine used as proper name of
tower on northern wall of Jerusalem,
מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָהבNehemiah 3:1;
Nehemiah 12:39.
[מַאֲוַי], מַאֲוִיֵּי see below I. אוה above
מאם (√ of following, meaning unknown; Ol § 205 proposes √ אום=חוםblack, compare already Ew § 160 d).
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 3968. מֵאָה (Meah) — 2 Occurrences
Nehemiah 3:1
HEB:וְעַד־ מִגְדַּ֤ל הַמֵּאָה֙ קִדְּשׁ֔וּהוּ עַ֖ד
NAS: the wall to the Tower of the Hundred [and] the Tower
KJV: of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified
INT: against to the Tower of the Hundred consecrated against
Nehemiah 12:39
HEB:חֲנַנְאֵל֙ וּמִגְדַּ֣ל הַמֵּאָ֔ה וְעַ֖ד שַׁ֣עַר
NAS: and the Tower of the Hundred, as far
KJV: and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep
INT: of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred far Gate