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מְאָה

«מְאָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: hundred — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 8 times · Key: lemma:מְאָה · BDB: מְאָה

Glosses

one.hundred (6); hundred (1); two.hundred (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

hundred tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. hundred tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. hundred (v. BH);—abs. מ׳ after noun enum., Ezr 6:17; 7:22(×4), so אַרְבַּע מ׳ 6:17, מ׳ וְעֶשְׂרִין Dn 6:2, and du. מָאתַ֫יִן Ezr 6:17.

Jastrow 1903

מְאָה: Du tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

Targ. Gen. V, 3, sq.; a. fr.—Du. מָאתַיִן, מָאתָן. Ezra VI, 17.—Targ. Gen. XXXII, 15; a. fr.—Pl. מַאֲוָון. מָאוָן, מְאַוָותָא. Targ. II Sam. XVIII, 4 ed. Lag. (ed. מאתן; corr. acc.). Targ. I Sam. XXIX, 2.—Targ. O. Ex. XVIII, 21 מְאַוָתָא ed. Berl. (oth. ed. מַאֲוָ׳; Y. מַאֲוָו׳); a. fr.—Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ bot. תלת מ׳ צומין three hundred fasts; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ bot. מאתן (corr. acc.). Y. Naz. V, end, 54ᵇ תלת מ׳ נזירין three hundred Nazarites; תשע מ׳ קרבנין nine hundred sacrifices; (Y. Ber. VII, 11ᵇ bot.; Gen. R. s. 91 תלת מאה, תשע מאה); a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מְאָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 6:2

שְׁפַר֙ קֳדָ֣ם דָּרְיָ֔וֶשׁ וַהֲקִים֙ עַל־מַלְכוּתָ֔א לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּ֖א מְאָ֣ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֑ין דִּ֥י לֶהֱוֺ֖ן בְּכָל־מַלְכוּתָֽא׃

Word for word: it.seemed.good before Darius and he.appointed over the kingdom (et) the satraps one.hundred and twenty who they.will.be over all the kingdom

JPS 1917: It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

Ezra 7:22

עַד־כְּסַף֮ כַּכְּרִ֣ין מְאָה֒ וְעַד־חִנְטִין֙ כֹּרִ֣ין מְאָ֔ה וְעַד־חֲמַר֙ בַּתִּ֣ין מְאָ֔ה וְעַד־בַּתִּ֥ין מְשַׁ֖ח מְאָ֑ה וּמְלַ֖ח דִּי־לָ֥א כְתָֽב׃

Word for word: up.to silver talents one.hundred and up.to wheat(s) cors one.hundred and up.to wine baths one.hundred and up.to baths oil one.hundred and salt which not [is].writing

JPS 1917: unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

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