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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4596 - מְעִי

Transliteration
mᵉʻîy
Phonetics
meh-ee'
Origin
from (H5753)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
1577e
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) ruin, heap

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 5529 ‑ Χουζᾶς (khood‑zas');  1656 ‑ ἔλεος (el'‑eh‑os);  2588 ‑ καρδία (kar‑dee'‑ah);  
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KJV (1)
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NAS (1)
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HCS (1)
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Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1516) ig (גהי GhY) AC: ? CO: Ruin AB: ?: The pictograph g is a twisted rope. The i is a picture of a the hand meaning work. Combined these mean "twisted work".

A) ig (גהי GhY) AC: ? CO: Ruin AB: ?: A city or structure that has been demolished.

Nm) ig (גהי GhY) - Ruin: KJV (4): heap - Strongs: H5856 (עִי)

km) igm (מגהי MGhY) - Ruin: KJV (1): heap - Strongs: H4596 (מְעִי)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 מְעִי only in מַמָּלָה׳והיתה מ Isaiah 17:1; according to AV RV Thes and others

noun [masculine] = עִי ruin-heap, but form very strange; ᵐ5 omits (ἔσται εἰς πτῶσιν); Gr proposes כְּעִי, Di לְעִי; < dittograph from מעיר Lag Semitic i. 29 Che Nö ZMG xxxii. 1878,401 Brd SS Buhl Gu in Kau Du.

מְעִי noun [masculine] ruin (si vera lectio); — וְהָֽיְתָה מְעִימַמָּלָה consecutive Isaiah 17:1 Damascus shall become a ruinous heap (but strike out ׳מᵐ5 Lag Che SS Buhl). cf

II. עוה (√ of following, compare Arabic err from the way, Ethiopic : err; distinct from I. עוה, compare Lag M. i. 236f. Dr 1 Samuel 20:30 Gerber90).


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מְעִי m. a heap of ruins, ruins, i.q. עִי, for מַעֲוִי, from the root עָוָה, Isaiah 17:1. The prophet used an unaccustomed form in order to allude to the preceding מֵעִיר.


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מְעִ֥י מעי mə‘î mə·‘î meI
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