Word Study · Strong's H3968 · Hebrew
מֵאָה
Meah
may-aw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mêʼâh
“Meah, a tower in Jerusalem”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Meah, a tower in Jerusalem
Rendered in the KJV as
Meah.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הַמֵּאָה֙1
- הַמֵּאָ֔ה1
How it is rendered · 1
- the hundred2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)2
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- HTd/Npl · 2
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The ledger of occurrences
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 3:1הַמֵּאָה֙hameahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.here: the hundred
- Nehemiah 12:39הַמֵּאָ֔הhameahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.here: the hundred
Same headword in Strong's