King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3968
Transliteration: Meah
Phonetic Spelling: (may-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a tower on the N. wall of Jer
Meaning: a tower on the northern wall of Jerusalem
Word Summary
Meah: a tower on the N. wall of Jer
Original Word: מֵאָהTransliteration: Meah
Phonetic Spelling: (may-aw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a tower on the N. wall of Jer
Meaning: a tower on the northern wall of Jerusalem
Strong's Concordance
Meah The same as me'ah; Meah, a tower in Jerusalem -- Meah.
see HEBREW me'ah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3968. Meah
II. מֵאָה noun feminine used as proper name of tower on northern wall of Jerusalem, הַמֵּאָהב מִגְדַּל Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39.
[מַאֲוַי], מַאֲוִיֵּי see below I. אוה above
מאם (√ of following, meaning unknown; Ol § 205 proposes √ אום = חום black, compare already Ew § 160 d).