I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew
id.; MI
20 מאתן (dual); SI
5 מאת,
מאתים (dual); Phoenician
מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian
mê (probably, Dl
§ 75), Tel Amarna
mê-at Wkl
TelAm 20*; Arabic
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Sabean
מאת מאתם Os
ZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6;
מאה Eut
Sin 457; Ethiopic
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; Aramaic
מְאָה,
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; Palmyrene
תלת מאה 300Vog
Palm 6, 4; Nabataean
מאה Eut
Nab 8, 9); —
מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct
מְאַת Genesis 5:3 +
30 times (on
מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see
2d below); plural absolute
מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (
מֵאֹת only
Genesis 5:4,
30);
המאיות Kt
2 Kings 11:4 +
3 times 2 Kings 11; dual
מָאתַיִם (
תָ֑יִם -)
Genesis 11:19 +
76 times (but
1 Samuel 18:27 read
מֵאָה (
מְאַת)
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We Dr Kit Bu HPS); —
hundred: —
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
b. absolute dual,
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת —
(3) less often followed by plural noun:
שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300
foxes;
אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500
she-asses, etc.;
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with
וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without
וְ before ten (see Kö
ii. 218 ff.):
מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8;
שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666
talents, etc. (exceptions are
Nehemiah 7:24 and
Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and
וְ repeated:
שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare
ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI
5.6 Da
Expos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with
וְ repeated: —
עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P);
שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred,
חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Kö
ii. 217 ff. Da
Synt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges
§§ 97, 134 and especially Herner
Synt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 =
a hundredth part
of the money; but read quite possibly
מַשַּׁאת the debt (Gei
Jüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H3969.
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