מְעִי

«מְעִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: ruin-heap — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 4596 · BDB: מְעִי²

Glosses

a.ruin (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

ruin-heap tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

ruin tree →

The whole BDB entry

n. [m.] ruin (si vera l.);—וְהָֽיְתָה מְעִי מַפָּלָה consec. Is 17:1 Damascus shall become a ruinous heap (but del. מ׳ 𝔊 Lag Che SS Buhl).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Isaiah 17:1

מַשָּׂ֖א דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק הִנֵּ֤ה דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ מוּסָ֣ר מֵעִ֔יר וְהָיְתָ֖ה מְעִ֥י מַפָּלָֽה׃

Word for word: the.oracle of.Damascus there! Damascus [is].about.to.be.removed from a.city and it.will.be a.ruin of.a.ruin

JPS 1917: The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

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