Lexicon mei: perhaps ruin heap Original Word: מְעִיPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: mei Phonetic Spelling: (meh-ee') Short Definition: ruin NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitionperhaps ruin heap NASB Translationruin (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 LagSemitic i. 29 Che NöZMG xxxii. 1878, 401 Brd SS Buhl Guin Kau Du. מְעִי noun [masculine] ruin (si vera lectio); — וְהָֽיְתָה מְעִי מַמָּלָה consecutive Isaiah 17:1 Damascus shall become a ruinous heap (but strike out ׳מ ᵐ5 Lag Che SS Buhl). cf II. עוה (√ of following, compare Arabic  err from the way, Ethiopic  : err; distinct from I. עוה, compare LagM. i. 236 f. Dr1Samuel 20:30 Gerber90).
Strong's heap From avah; a pile of rubbish (as contorted), i.e. A ruin (compare iy) -- heap. see HEBREW avah see HEBREW iy |
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