H3968: מֵאָה
Mêʼâh · pronounced may-aw' · “(Tower of) the Hundred”
Definition
Meah, a tower in Jerusalem
KJV translates it as: Meah.
Word origin: the same as H3967 (מֵאָה);
Extended definition
Combined with mig.dal (מִגְדָּל "Tower" H4026H)
§ Meah = "hundred"
a tower on the north rampart of Jerusalem in the wall of Nehemiah
§ Meah = "hundred"
a tower on the north rampart of Jerusalem in the wall of Nehemiah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3968 is translated
- hundred ×2
Bible verses with H3968 (Mêʼâh)
Mêʼâh appears in 2 verses.
- Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
- Nehemiah 12:39
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.