מְאָה
mᵉʼâh · meh-aw'
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3967 (מֵאָה); properly, a primitive numeral
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction}
- a hundred
- also, as a multiplicative and a fraction}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hundred.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְאָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- an hundred3 · 38%
- and to an hundred3 · 38%
- two hundred1 · 13%
- hundred1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.