Lexicon
מְעוּנִים
me.u.ni
H4586
N:N--LG Hebrew

Meunite

6
Occurrences
4
Books
Hebrew
Language

me.u.ni identifies a plural people group named in conflict reports and family-list entries.

The attested forms consistently identify a plural people group: in two verses they occur in reports of conflict, and in two they occur within lists introduced as “the sons of.”

Senses in use

  1. A people group in conflict reports · dominant

    In 1 Chronicles 4:41, the masculine plural gentillic occurs as the group found where the named men struck tents and then occupied the place. In 2 Chronicles 26:7, the same form is listed among groups against whom God helped him; the APB renders these clauses with “the Meunites.”

  2. A group named in family-list entries · common

    In Ezra 2:50 and Nehemiah 7:52, the masculine plural gentillic stands in a sequence of entries introduced by “the sons of.” The APB presents the name as “Meunim” in Ezra 2:50 and “the Meunites” in Nehemiah 7:52.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the term as “the Meunites” in the conflict verses and in Nehemiah 7:52, but as “Meunim” in Ezra 2:50. These renderings confirm the verses’ presentation of a named group rather than establish separate meanings.

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