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title: מְעִי — ruin-heap · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְעִי (4596), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: ruin-heap. BDB 1906: ruin. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְעִי

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«מְעִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ruin-heap** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4596 · **BDB:** מְעִי²

### Glosses

a.ruin (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ruin-heap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4596/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

ruin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4596/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] ruin (si vera l.);—וְהָֽיְתָה מְעִי מַפָּלָה consec. Is 17:1 Damascus shall become a ruinous heap (but del. מ׳ 𝔊 Lag Che SS Buhl).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְעִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4596/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 17:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.1/)

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מַשָּׂ֖א דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק הִנֵּ֤ה דַמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ מוּסָ֣ר מֵעִ֔יר וְהָיְתָ֖ה מְעִ֥י מַפָּלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.oracle of.Damascus there! Damascus \[is\].about.to.be.removed from a.city and it.will.be a.ruin of.a.ruin

*JPS 1917:* The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

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