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מָעָה
me.ah
H4579
H:N-F Hebrew

grain

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me.ah denotes grains in Isaiah 48:19, where offspring are compared with grains.

The attested use places grains in a comparison: Isaiah 48:19 compares the offspring of the speaker's belly with grains.

Senses in use

  1. Grains in a comparison of offspring · dominant

    In Isaiah 48:19, the feminine plural construct form occurs in the clause comparing the offspring of the belly with grains; the APB renders the verse, "And your offspring would have been like the sand, and the offspring of your belly like its grains."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 48:19, the APB presents the comparison with "its grains." The term's precise English correspondence is not fully certain.

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