מֵאָה
Mêʼâh · H3968 · Hebrew · proper noun · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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Tower of the Hundred
The Tower of the Hundred, a tower in the wall of Jerusalem protecting the northern approach to the city
ExamplesNehemiah 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and installed its doors. They consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.
Nehemiah 12:39 and above the Gate of Ephraim, by the Ancient Gate, by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִגְדָּלtower 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 3 entries
- Quantity002001001046
- This entry carries no independent "Quantity" sense of its own; both of this lexeme's genuine tagged occurrences (Nehemiah 3:1, 12:39) name "the Tower of the Hundred," a specific structure in Jerusalem's wall, not a numeral expressing quantity generally. The domain is bundle-shared with the underlying numeral (מֵאָה (mêʼâh, H3967)).
- Frequency002001003009
- The source data assigns this Frequency domain as inherited from the shared numeral spelling, though this entry's own citations (Nehemiah 3:1, 12:39) attest only the place name, not a repeated-multiple sense.
- Names of Constructions003001003
- Meah names the Tower of the Hundred in Jerusalem's fortifications, as in Nehemiah 3:1's "they consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundred," placing it among named architectural structures.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3968. Meah II. מֵאָה noun feminine used as proper name of tower on northern wall of…
II. מֵאָה noun feminine used as proper name of tower on northern wall of Jerusalem, הַמֵּאָהב מִגְדַּל Neh 3:1; Neh 12:39.
[מַאֲוַי], מַאֲוִיֵּי see below I. אוה above
מאם (√ of following, meaning unknown; Ol § 205 proposes √ אום = חום black, compare already Ew § 160 d).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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