מַעְיָן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4599

spring — used 23 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

spring tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַעְיָן²: n.m. spring tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 8:24 spring;—abs. מ׳ ψ 74:15 +; cstr. מַעְיַן 2 K 3:25 +, מַעְיְנוֹ ψ 114:8 (Ges§ 90 n); sf. מַעְיָנוֹ Ho 13:15; pl. מַעְיָנוֹת Is 41:18 +, מַעְיָנִים ψ 104:10; cstr. מַעְיְנוֹת Gn 7:11 +, מַעְיְנֵי 1 K 18:5; 2 K 3:19, מַעַיְנֵי Is 12:3; sf. מַעְיָנַי ψ 87:7 (but v. infr.), מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ Pr 5:16;—spring, cstr. before מַיִם 1 K 18:5; 2 K 3:19, 25, Jos 15:9; 18:15 (both P), ψ 114:8, cf. Pr 8:24; מַע׳ alone Is 41:18; Lv 11:36 (P), ψ 74:15; 104:10; 2 Ch 32:4, cf. Jo 4:18 (in eschatol. picture); in sim. Pr 25:26; מ׳ תְּהוֹם Gn 7:11; 8:2 (cf. Pr 8:28); fig. of source of happiness, enjoyment Ho 13:15 (‖ מְקוֹרוֹ) ψ 84:7; Pr 5:16 (of wife, v. Toy), cf. מ׳ חָתוּם Ct 4:12, מ׳ גַּנִּים v 15; also ψ 87:7 (si vera l.; so De Che Du; Hup Bae We read form of מָעוֹן dwelling); מ׳ הַיִשׁוּעָה Is 12:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a spring (7); springs (6); the springs (4).

In the verses

Psalms 74:15 · tree →

אַתָּ֣ה בָ֭קַעְתָּ מַעְיָ֣ן וָנָ֑חַל אַתָּ֥ה ה֝וֹבַ֗שְׁתָּ נַהֲר֥וֹת אֵיתָֽן׃

Word for word: you you.broke.open a.spring and a.torrent you you.dried.up rivers of.ever-flowing

JPS 1917: Thou didst cleave fountain and brook; Thou driedst up ever-flowing rivers.

Psalms 87:7 · tree →

וְשָׁרִ֥ים כְּחֹלְלִ֑ים כָּֽל־מַעְיָנַ֥י בָּֽךְ׃

Word for word: and singers like dancers all springs my [are].in you

JPS 1917: And whether they sing or dance, all my thoughts are in Thee.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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