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Strong's #4579 - מָעָה
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1) grain (of sand)
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1292) om (מאה MAh) AC: ? CO: Belly AB: ?: The pictograph m is a picture of water representing what is Unknown, the o is a picture of an eye representing knowing. Combined these mean "Unknown knowing". The gut is the seat of the unconscious mind where ones instincts resides.
A) om (מאה MAh) AC: ? CO: Sand AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]
Nf1) eom (מאהה MAhH) - Sand: KJV (1): sand - Strongs: H4579 (מָעָה)
H) eom (מאהה MAhH) AC: ? CO: Belly AB: ?
Nm ) eom (מאהה MAhH) - Belly: The gut, the internal organs of the lower torso, the seat of the unconscious mind. Also the seat of emotion. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (33): bowels, heart, womb, belly - Strongs: H4577 (מְעָא), H4578 (מֵעֶה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
, מָעָא coin); — only feminine plural suffix: וַיְהִי כַחוֺל זֵרְעֶ֔ךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֵימֵעֶיךָ כִּמְעֹתָיוּ Isaiah 48:19 and thy seed had been like the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the grains thereof, compare ᵑ9ᵑ7 De Di Du and others > plural of [מֵעֶה] the entrails of it (i.e. the sea) AE Ges Hi Che Comm. — ᵐ5 ὡς ὁ χοῦς τῆς γῆς, whence Gr כְּעפרותיו. מָעוֺג see עוג. מָעוֺז, מָעֹז see עוז (compare עזז).
I, II. מָעוֺן, מְע(וֺ)נָה, מְעוֺנֹתַי see עון.
מָעָה an unused root, which appears to have had the meaning of flowing down, softness, like the cogn. מוֹא, ماء, ماه, ماع, מוּג see under מַי p. 468, A. Hence
