מַעְיָן
maʻyân · H4599 · Hebrew · 23 occurrences
Meanings
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spring
An opening in the earth that gives access to the subterranean water which either comes to the surface or can be drawn from it; its water is regarded as a source of blessing
ExamplesGenesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.
Genesis 8:2 Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
Leviticus 11:36 ‘Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean.
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Process by which water flows from a spring; only used figuratively to refer to human semen flowing from the body (spring (symbolizing semen))
ExamplesProverbs 5:16 Should your springs overflow into the street, Streams of water in the public squares?
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
13 occurrences in 7 groups
- מַיִםwater 6
- תְּהוֹםocean 2
- הוּhis 2
- גַּןgarden 1
- יְשׁוּעָהsalvation, deliverance 1
- יmy 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָתַםto seal 1
- רָפַשׂto trample 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כָּבַדto honor, to be heavy, to glorify 1
What it doesIt is the subject
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- בָּקַעto split, to break open 1
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- חָרַבto dry up, to lie waste 1
- יָצָאto go out 1
- סָכַרto be closed 1
- פּוּץto be scattered 1
What is done to itIt is the object
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- סָתַםto stop up 3
- בָּקַעto split, to break open 1
- שִׁירto sing 1
- שָׁלַחto send, to send away 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שִׁיתto set, to put, to make 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 1
- ךְyou 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- צַדִּיקrighteous, just, right 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֵלto, toward 4
- מִןfrom 2
- לto/for 1
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- מָקוֹר mâqôwr · H4726 · spring, spring of life, source of life
- Both lexemes denote natural water sources (spring/fountain/well) and are genuine same-language near-synonyms with overlapping semantic range in the water-source domain. This is a real synonymy relationship.
In the other Testament 1 word
- πηγή pēgḗ · G4077 · spring, well
- Greek πηγή is the standard rendering of Hebrew מַעְיָן for a natural water source — a fountain, spring, or well — in both literal and figurative senses.
Semantic domains 2 entries
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4599. mayan or mayeno or mayanah מַעְיָן noun masculinePro 8:24 spring; — absolute ׳מ…
or mayeno or mayanah מַעְיָן noun masculinePro 8:24 spring; — absolute ׳מ Psa 74:15 +; construct מַעְיַן 2Ki 3:25 +, מַעְיְנוֺ Psa 114:8 (Ges§ 90n); suffix מַעְיָנוֺ Hos 13:15; plural מַעְיָנוֺת Isa 41:18 +, מַעְיָנִים Psa 104:10; construct מַעְיְנוֺת Gen 7:11 +, מַעְיְנֵי 1Ki 18:5; 2Ki 3:19, מַעַיְנֵי Isa 12:3; suffix מַעְיָנִי Psa 87:7 (but see below), מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ Pro 5:16; — spring, construct before מַיִם 1Ki 18:5; 2Ki 3:19, 2Ki 3:25; Jos 15:9; Jos 18:15 (both P), Psa 114:8, compare Pro 8:24; ׳מַע alone Isa 41:18; Lev 11:36 (P), Psa 74:15; Psa 104:10; 2Ch 32:4, compare Joel 4:18 (in eschatological picture); in simile Pro 25:26; ׳מ תְּהוֺם Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2 (compare Pro 8:28); figurative of source of happiness, enjoyment Hos 13:15 (|| מְקוֺרוֺ Psa 84:7; Pro 5:16 (of wife, see Toy), compare ׳מ חָתוּם Son 4:12, ׳מ גַּנִּים; Son 4:15; also Psa 87:7 (si vera lectio; so De Che Du; Hup Bae We read form of מָעוֺן dwelling; ׳מ הַיְשׁוּעָה Isa 12:3.
I. [עִיף] = II. עוּף q. v. for עֵיפַי עֵיפָה, etc.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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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