Aramaic word · H3969

מְאָה

me'ah

hundred

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 8 times in 3 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

hundred, one hundred

Aramaic of me.ah (מֵאָה "hundred" H3967)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 7

  1. Ezra 6:17 מְאָ֔ה מָאתַ֔יִן מְאָ֑ה one hundred, two hundred, hundred

    For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.

  2. Ezra 7:22 מְאָה֒ מְאָ֔ה מְאָ֔ה מְאָ֑ה one hundred

    up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 6:1 מְאָ֣ה one hundred

    Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,

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