STRONGS NUMBER H3968


Word Summary
Meah: a tower on the N. wall of Jer
Original Word: מֵאָה
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
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. מֵאָהnoun feminine used as proper name of tower on northern wall of Jerusalem, הַמֵּאָהב מִגְדַּלNehemiah 3:1; 12:39.

[מַאֲוַי‎], מַאֲוִיֵּי‎ see below I. אוה‎ above

מאם‎ (√ of following, meaning unknown; Ol § 205 proposes √ אום‎ = חוםblack, compare already Ew § 160 d).