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Strong's #4220 - מֵחַ

Transliteration
mêach
Phonetics
may'-akh
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H4229) in the sense of greasing
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
1181a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) fatling, fat one

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (2)
Psalms 1
Isaiah 1
NAS (3)
Psalms 2
Isaiah 1
HCS (2)
Psalms 1
Isaiah 1
BSB (2)
Psalms 1
Isaiah 1
ESV (2)
Psalms 1
Isaiah 1
WEB (2)
Psalms 1
Isaiah 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1284) hm (מהה MHh) AC: Strike CO: Marrow AB: ?: The pictograph m is a picture of water or other liquid, the h is a picture of a wall that separates the inside from the outside. Combined these mean "liquid inside". The marrow is a buttery liquid inside the bones and is used as a choice food. To obtain the marrow, the bone must be struck to break it open.

A) hm (מהה MHh) AC: ? CO: Fat AB: ?: In the sense of the fat of the marrow.

Nm) hm (מהה MHh) - Fat: KJV (2): fatling, fat one - Strongs: H4220 (מֵחַ)

fm) ihm (מההי MHhY) - Ram: In the sense of fat. An engine of war for battering down walls. KJV (1): engine - Strongs: H4239 (מְחִי)

E) ahm (מההא MHhA) AC: Strike CO: ? AB: ?

V) ahm (מההא MHhA) - Strike: The striking of the bone to break it open to access the marrow. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (7): (vf: Paal, Piel) clap, smote, hang - Strongs: H4222 (מָחָא), H4223 (מְחָא)

H) ehm (מההה MHhH) AC: Smear CO: ? AB: ?: The smearing of the marrow onto a food.

V) ehm (מההה MHhH) - Sm (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual, Participle) |kjv: out, destroy, wipe, blot, polish, marrow, reach - Strongs: H4229 (מָחָה)

J) hfm (מוהה MWHh) AC: ? CO: Marrow AB: ?

Nm ) hfm (מוהה MWHh) - Marrow: KJV (1): marrow - Strongs: H4221 (מֹחַ)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 [מֵחַ] noun [masculine] fatling (Phoenician מח fat (adjective ); Late Hebrew מֵיחָא figurative of choice flour); — only plural absolute: עֹלוֺת מֵיחִים Psalm 66:15 burnt offerings of fatlings; so מֵחִים Isaiah 5:17 ("" כְּבָשִׂים) according to Hi Du Che Hpt (read חֳרָבוֺת and strike out גָּרִים); most, fat ones, figurative for rich men.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מֵחַ m. adj. (from the root מָחַח).

(1)  fat, specially used of a fat sheep. Arab. مَخِيخُ a fat sheep, Psalms 66:15.

(2) rich, noble; compare דָּשֵׁן Isaiah 5:17.


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List of Word Forms
מֵחִ֖ים מֵחִ֣ים מחים mê·ḥîm meChim mêḥîm
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