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Strong's #3967 - מֵאיָה
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- hundred
- as simple number
- as part of larger number
- as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/10)
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1277) am (מא MA) AC: ? CO: Hundred AB: ?
A) am (מא MA) AC: ? CO: Hundred AB: ?: Originally an unknowable amount, but also to mean a hundred.
Nf1) eam (מאה MAH) - Hundred: [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: hyam] KJV (589): hundred, hundredth, hundredfold - Strongs: H3967 (מֵאיָה), H3969 (מְאָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Sabean מאתמאתם Os ZMG x. 1856,49; CIS iv. i. 6,4; 46,6; מאה Eut Sin 457; Ethiopic 
; Aramaic מְאָה, 
; Palmyrene תלת מאה300Vog Palm 6,4; Nabataean מאה Eut Nab 8,9); — ׳מ Genesis 6:3 144t.; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 30t. (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2 d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324t. (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4,30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 3t. 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם-) Genesis 11:19 76t. (but 1 Samuel 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: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ׳מ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה׳מ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר׳מ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף׳מ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 6t. Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3; (2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), מְּעָמִים׳מ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים׳מ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.; (3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32; (4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes); (5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; ׳מ Proverbs 17:10 100(blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100(children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100(times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual, (I) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם׳מ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה׳מ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף׳מ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה׳מ Genesis 11:23 (P); (2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים׳מ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים׳מ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים׳מ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4; (3) also preceded by plural noun: ׳עִוִּים מ Genesis 32:15, ׳רְחֵלִים מ Genesis 32:15 (E), ׳הָרִמּוֺנִים מ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65; (4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף׳מ Judges 17:4; (5) as predicate, ׳רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33van d. H).
c. absolute plural׃מֵא(וֺ)ת — (1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, Song of Solomon 2Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially ׳שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21,25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4,9,10,15 +; (2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ׳שְׁלשׁ מ Judges 7:6,300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה׳אַרְבַּע מ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף׳חֲמֵשׁ מ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב׳שֵׁשׁ מ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע׳מ Judges 20:15,16 700 men; חָלָל׳שְׁמֹנֶה מ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב׳תְּשַׁע מ Judges 4:3,13 900 chariots; (3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים׳שְׁלשׁ מ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת׳חֲמֵשׁ מ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.; (4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun ׳מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after n.collective ׳בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ 2 Chronicles 35:9; (5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל׳חֲמֵשׁ מ Exodus 30:24 (P); (6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף׳שְׁלשׁ מ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25t. P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (Dr Intr. 124) (also with other numerals, see
2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Kö ii. 228 compare Ew§ 269b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 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 Kö ii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31); (2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָהוְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָהמֵאָה שָׁנִיםוְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 Da Expos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Kö ii. 217 ff. Da Synt. §§ 36 R. 3,37 (d) Ges §§ 97,134and especially Herner Synt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (Gei Jüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870,227 Gr.)
מְאָיוֺת Kt see מֵאָה.
מַאֲכָל, מַאֲכֹ֫לַת, מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת see אבל.
[מַאֲמָץ, מַאֲמַצִּים] see אמץ.
[מַאֲמָר] see אָמַר.
מְאָה noun feminine hundred (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳מ after noun enumerator, Ezra 6:17; Ezra 7:22 (4t. in verse), so ׳אַרְבַּע מ Ezra 6:17, וְעֶשְׂרִין׳מ Daniel 6:1, and dual מָאתַ֫וִן Ezra 6:17.
מאֹזַנְוָא see אזן. מֵאמַר see אמר.
