Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4220 - מֵחַ meach (a fatling)

Original Word:	מֵחַ
Transliteration:	meach
Definition:	a fatling
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(may'-akh)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

fatling one

From machah in the sense of greasing; fat; figuratively, rich -- fatling (one).

see HEBREW machah

Englishman's Concordance

1) fatling, fat one
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H4229 in the sense of greasing
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1181a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[מֵחַ] noun [masculine]fatling (Phoenician מחfat (adjective ); Late Hebrew מֵיחָא figurative of choice flour); — only plural absolute: עֹלוֺת מֵיחִיםPsalm 66:15burnt offerings of fatlings; so מֵחִיםIsaiah 5:17 ("" כְּבָשִׂים) according to Hi Du Che^Hpt (read חֳרָבוֺת and strike out גָּרִים); most, fat ones, figurative for rich men.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4220. מֵחִים (meach) — 2 Occurrences

Psalm 66:15
HEB: עֹ֘ל֤וֹת מֵחִ֣ים אַעֲלֶה־ לָּ֭ךְ
NAS: to You burnt offerings of fat beasts, With the smoke
KJV: unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense
INT: burnt of fat shall offer With

Isaiah 5:17
HEB:כְּדָבְרָ֑ם וְחָרְב֥וֹת מֵחִ֖ים גָּרִ֥ים יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃
NAS: in the waste places of the wealthy.
KJV: and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers
INT: their pasture the waste of the wealthy and strangers will eat

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