מֵחַ

meach · fatling

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4220 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

meach (מֵחַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fatling”.

A fat, well-fed animal; the best to offer in sacrifice.

How to say it

me·ach

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

  1. Well-fed beasts, the best for sacrifice.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • fat ones ×1
  • fatlings ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Psalms 66:15

    Burnt offerings of fatlings I will offer up to you, with the smoke of rams; I will prepare cattle with male goats. Selah.

  • Isaiah 5:17

    And lambs will graze as in their pasture, and the ruins of the fat ones resident aliens will eat.