מֵאָה

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 Gen 6:3 144t.; construct מְאַת Gen 5:3 Gen 5:30t. (on מְאַת Ecc 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Gen 5:9 324t. (מֵאֹת only Gen 5:4, Gen 5:30); המאיות Kt 2Ki 11:4 2Ki 11:3t. 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם-) Gen 11:19 76t. (but 1Sa 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 Gen 33:19; Jos 24:32 (both E); ׳מ אִישׁ Jdg 7:19; 1Ki 18:13; 2Ki 4:43; ׳מ אַמָּה 1Ki 7:2; Eze 40:19 +; ׳מ כִּכָּר 2Ki 23:33; 2Ch 25:6; 2Ch 27:5; 2Ch 36:3; Ezr 8:26; ׳מ אֶלֶף = 100, 000 1Ki 20:29 1Ki 20:6t. Kings Chronicles; compare also Gen 17:17 (P), 2Sa 8:4; Isa 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2Sa 8:4 = 1Ch 18:4, צאֹן 1Ki 5:3; (2) less often followed by plural שְׁעָרִים מֵאָה Gen 26:12 (J), ׳מ מְּעָמִים 2Sa 24:3 = 1Ch 21:3, ׳מ נְבִיאִים 1Ki 18:4, etc.; (3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: מֵאָה הָרִמֹּנִים Jer 52:23, הַמֵּאָה אַמּוֺת Eze 42:2, compare Ezr 2:69; 2Ch 3:16; 2Ch 4:8; 2Ch 29:32; (4) exceptional is כֶסֶף כְּלֵי לְכִּכָּרִים מֵאָה Ezr 8:26; also, with ellipsis, כֶסֶף מֵאָה Deu 22:19 (i.e. shekels); קַיִץ מֵאָה 2Sa 16:1 (i.e. cakes); (5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Jdg 20:10 (twice in verse); Amo 5:3 (twice in verse); Lev 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1Ch 12:14; ׳מ Pro 17:10 100(blows), Ecc 6:3 100(children), Ecc 8:12 100(times). — On Neh 3:1; Neh 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual, (I) foll, by singular, אִישׁ מָאתַיִם 1Sa 18:27; 1Sa 30:10; 2Sa 15:11, ׳מ לֶחֶם 1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 16:1, ׳מ צִנָּה 1Ki 10:16 2Ch 9:15, ׳מ אֶלֶף 1Sa 15:4 +, ׳מ שָׁנָה Gen 11:23 (P); (2) less often followed by plural ׳מ שְׁקָלִים Jos 7:21 (JE), 2Sa 14:26, ׳מ דְּבֵלִים 1Sa 25:18, ׳מ אֲנָשִׁים 1Sa 30:21, compare Ezr 8:4; (3) also preceded by plural noun: מ ׳עִוִּים Gen 32:15, מ ׳רְחֵלִים Gen 32:15 (E), מ ׳הָרִמּוֺנִים 1Ki 7:20, compare 1Ch 15:8; 2Ch 29:32; Ezr 2:65; (4) with ellipsis ׳מ כֶּסֶף Jdg 17:4; (5) as predicate, מ ׳רָאשֵׁיהֶם1Ch 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת — (1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1Sa 29:2 by hundreds, so 2Sa 18:4 (both + thousands); especially (הַ)מּ ׳שָׂרֵי captains of (the) hundreds Exo 18:21, Exo 18:25 (E), 2Ki 11:4, 2Ki 11:9, 2Ki 11:10, 2Ki 11:15 +; (2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: מ ׳שְׁלשׁ אִישׁ Jdg 7:6, 300 men, compare Jdg 7:7; Jdg 7:8; Jdg 7:16; Jdg 8:4; Exo 12:27 (E), etc.; מ ׳אַרְבַּע שָׁנָה Gen 15:13 (JE) 400 years; מ ׳חֲמֵשׁ אֶלֶף 2Sa 24:9 500, 2Sa 24:000, compare 2Ch 13:17; מ ׳שֵׁשׁ רֶכֶב Exo 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; ׳מ שְׁבַע אִישׁ Jdg 20:15-16, 700men; מ ׳שְׁמֹנֶה חָלָל 2Sa 23:8 800slain; מ ׳תְּשַׁע רֶכֶב Jdg 4:3, Jdg 4:13 900chariots; (3) less often followed by plural noun: מ ׳שְׁלשׁ שׁוּעָלִים Jdg 15:4 300foxes; מ ׳חֲמֵשׁ אֲתוֺנוֺת Job 1:3 500she-asses, etc.; (4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מ שְׁלשׁ ׳מִּלַגְשִׁים 1Ki 11:3 300concubines, compare 1Ki 7:42 2Ch 4:13; 1Ch 4:42; 2Ch 14:8 etc.; after n.collective מ חֲמֵשׁ ׳בָּקָר2Ch 35:9; (5) rare is מ ׳חֲמֵשׁ בַּשֶּׁקֶל Exo 30:24 (P); (6) ellipsis of n., מ ׳שְׁלשׁ כֶּסֶף Gen 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Gen 11:10; Gen 21:5; Gen 25:7 (all P) + 25 t. P, 1Ch 25:9; Est 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see
2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecc 8:12 100times מְּעָמִיםׅ (מֵאָה, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Neh 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 Jdg 2:8; מֵאוֺת שֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר וָשֵׁשׁ שִׁשִּׁים 1Ki 10:14 666talents, etc. (exceptions are Neh 7:24 and Neh 7:31); (2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה Gen 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 Num 7:86 (P); שָׁנָה וּמְאַת וּשְׁלשִׁים שֶׁבַע Exo 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, שָׁנָה מֵאוֺת וּשְׁלשׁ שָׁנָה וְשִׁשִּׁים חָמֵשׁ Gen 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 Neh 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, Ezr 6:17; Ezr 7:22 (4 t. in verse), so מ ׳אַרְבַּע Ezr 6:17, ׳מ וְעֶשְׂרִין Dan 6:1, and dual מָאתַ֫וִן Ezr 6:17.
מאֹזַנְוָא see אזן. מֵאמַר see אמר.