◄ 4596. mei ►
Strong's Concordance mei: perhaps ruin heap Original Word: מְעִי Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: mei Phonetic Spelling: (meh-ee') Short Definition: ruin 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 Exhaustive Concordance heap From avah; a pile of rubbish (as contorted), i.e. A ruin (compare iy) -- heap. see HEBREW avah see HEBREW iy Forms and Transliterations מְעִ֥י מעי mə‘î mə·‘î meI Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 4596 1 Occurrence mə·‘î — 1 Occ. Isaiah 17:1 HEB: מֵעִ֔יר וְהָיְתָ֖ה מְעִ֥י מַפָּלָֽה׃ NAS: And will become a fallen ruin. KJV: and it shall be a ruinous heap. INT: A city and will become ruin A fallen 1 Occurrence