Meah = “hundred” 1) a tower on the north rampart of Jerusalem in the wall of Nehemiah Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: the same as H3967
Brown-Driver-Briggs
II. מֵאָהnoun feminine used as proper name of tower on northern wall of Jerusalem, מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָהבNehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39.
[מַאֲוַי], מַאֲוִיֵּי see below I. אוה above
מאם (√ of following, meaning unknown; Ol § 205 proposes √ אום = חוםblack, compare already Ew § 160 d).
Nehemiah 3:1 HEB:וְעַד־ מִגְדַּ֤ל הַמֵּאָה֙ קִדְּשׁ֔וּהוּ עַ֖ד NAS: the wall to the Tower of the Hundred [and] the Tower KJV: of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified INT: against to the Tower of the Hundred consecrated against
Nehemiah 12:39 HEB:חֲנַנְאֵל֙ וּמִגְדַּ֣ל הַמֵּאָ֔ה וְעַ֖ד שַׁ֣עַר NAS: and the Tower of the Hundred, as far KJV: and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep INT: of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred far Gate
