מֵאָה
mea · Meah, the Hundred
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3968 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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mea (מֵאָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Meah, the Hundred”.
The Hundred (in Hebrew, Meah): the name of a tower in the north wall of Jerusalem.
How to say it
me·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A tower on Jerusalem's northern wall.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Nehemiah 3:1
And Eliashib the high priest rose up, and his brothers the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate; they sanctified it and set up its doors; and as far as the Tower of the Hundred they sanctified it, as far as the Tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 12:39
and above the Ephraim Gate, and by the Old Gate, and by the Fish Gate, and the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Guard Gate.