H3967. meah

or meyah I. מֵאָה‎₅₈₃ noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI²⁰ מאתן‎ (dual); SI⁵ מאתים מאת,‎ (dual); Phoenician מאתם מאת‎ (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl^{§ 75}), Tel Amarna mê-at Wkl^{TelAm 20}*; Arabic Sabean מאתם מאת‎ Os^{ZMG x. 1856, 49}; CIS^{iv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6}; מאה‎ Eut^{Sin 457}; Ethiopic ; Aramaic מְאָה‎, ; Palmyrene מאה תלת‎300Vog^{Palm 6, 4}; Nabataean מאה‎ Eut^{Nab 8, 9}); — ׳מ‎ Genesis 6:3 144t.; construct מְאַת‎ 5:3 30t. (on מְאַת‎ Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת‎ Genesis 5:9 324t. (מֵאֹת‎ only 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: קְשִׂיטָה מֵאָה‎ Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); ׳מ אִישׁ‎ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; ׳מ אַמָּה‎ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; ׳מ כִּכָּר‎ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; ׳מ אֶלֶף‎ = 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 שְׁעָרִים מֵאָה‎ Genesis 26:12 (J), ׳מ מְּעָמִים‎ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, ׳מ נְבִיאִים‎ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.; (3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: מֵאָה הָרִמֹּנִים‎ Jeremiah 52:23, הַמֵּאָה אַמּוֺת‎ Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32; (4) exceptional is כֶסֶף כְּלֵי לְכִּכָּרִים מֵאָה‎ Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, כֶסֶף מֵאָה‎ Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); קַיִץ מֵאָה‎ 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), 8:12 100(times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39 see below

b. absolute dual, (I) foll, by singular, אִישׁ מָאתַיִם‎ 1 Samuel 18:27; 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, ׳מ לֶחֶם‎ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, ׳מ צִנָּה‎ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, ׳מ אֶלֶף‎ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, ׳מ שָׁנָה‎ Genesis 11:23 (P); (2) less often followed by plural ׳מ שְׁקָלִים‎ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, ׳מ דְּבֵלִים‎ 1 Samuel 25:18, ׳מ אֲנָשִׁים‎ 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4; (3) also preceded by plural noun: מ ׳עִוִּים‎ Genesis 32:15, מ ׳רְחֵלִים‎ 32:15 (E), מ ׳הָרִמּוֺנִים‎ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65; (4) with ellipsis ׳מ כֶּסֶף‎ Judges 17:4; (5) as predicate, מ ׳רָאשֵׁיהֶם‎1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).

c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת‎ — (1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת‎ 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially (הַ)מּ ׳שָׂרֵי‎ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +; (2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: מ ׳שְׁלשׁ אִישׁ‎ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; מ ׳אַרְבַּע שָׁנָה‎ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; מ ׳חֲמֵשׁ אֶלֶף‎ 2 Samuel 24:9 500, 000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; מ ׳שֵׁשׁ רֶכֶב‎ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; ׳מ שְׁבַע אִישׁ‎ Judges 20:15-16, 700men; מ ׳שְׁמֹנֶה חָלָל‎ 2 Samuel 23:8 800slain; מ ׳תְּשַׁע רֶכֶב‎ Judges 4:3, 13 900chariots; (3) less often followed by plural noun: מ ׳שְׁלשׁ שׁוּעָלִים‎ 15:4 300foxes; מ ׳חֲמֵשׁ אֲתוֺנוֺת‎ Job 1:3 500she-asses, etc.; (4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מ שְׁלשׁ ׳מִּלַגְשִׁים‎ 1 Kings 11:3 300concubines, compare 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after n.collective מ חֲמֵשׁ ׳בָּקָר‎35:9; (5) rare is מ ׳חֲמֵשׁ בַּשֶּׁקֶל‎ Exodus 30:24 (P); (6) ellipsis of n., מ ׳שְׁלשׁ כֶּסֶף‎ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.

d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה‎ Genesis 11:10; 21:5; 25:7 (all P) + 25 t. P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (Dr^{Intr. 124}) (also with other numerals, see

2 below); מְאַ֖ת‎ Ecclesiastes 8:12 100times מְּעָמִיםׅ (מֵאָה‎, sc. מַּעַם‎, or perhaps only apparently construct (Kö^{ii. 228} compare Ew^{§ 269 b. 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.}): שָׂרִים וְעֶשֶׂר מֵאָה‎ Judges 2:8; מֵאוֺת שֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר וָשֵׁשׁ שִׁשִּׁים‎ 1 Kings 10:14 666talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and 7:31); (2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ‎ repeated: וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה‎ Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare אמה ומאת אמה ואלף‎ SI^5.6 Da^{Expos. Times. May, 1898}).

b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ‎ repeated: — וּמֵאָה עֶשְׂרִים‎ Numbers 7:86 (P); שָׁנָה וּמְאַת וּשְׁלשִׁים שֶׁבַע‎ Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, שָׁנָה מֵאוֺת וּשְׁלשׁ שָׁנָה וְשִׁשִּׁים חָמֵשׁ‎ Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Kö^{ii. 217 ff.} Da^{Synt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37} (d) Ges ^{§§ 97, 134 and} especially Herner^{Synt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).}

3 הַכֶּסֶף מְאַת‎ 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.

מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת מַאֲכֹ֫לַת, מַאֲכָל,‎ see אבל‎.

[מַאֲמַצִּים מַאֲמָץ,‎] see אמץ‎.

[מַאֲמָר‎] see אָמַר‎.

מְאָה‎ noun feminine hundred (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳מ‎ after noun enumerator, Ezra 6:17; 7:22 (4 t. in verse), so מ ׳אַרְבַּע‎ 6:17, ׳מ וְעֶשְׂרִין‎ Daniel 6:1, and dual מָאתַ֫וִן‎ Ezra 6:17.

מאֹזַנְוָא‎ see אזן‎. מֵאמַר‎ see אמר‎.