Lexical Summary maabeh: thickness, compactness Original Word: מַעֲבֶהTransliteration: maabeh Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ab-eh') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: thickness, compactness Meaning: thickness, compactness Strong's Concordance clay From abah; properly, compact (part of soil), i.e. Loam -- clay. see HEBREW abah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4568. maabeh מַעֲבֶה noun [masculine] si vera lectio, thickness, compactness; — הָאֲדָמָה בְּמַעֲבֵה 1 Kings 7:46 in the compactness of the soil, i.e. clayey ground or clay mould = 2 Chronicles 4:17 (where הָ ׳בַּעֲבִי ᵑ0); but read doubtless in both אֲדָמָה בְּמַעְבֶּרֶת at the ford of Adamah, see GFMJudges 7:22 BenzK. עָבוֺת see עבת. עבט (perhaps √ of following; compare Assyrian ubbu‰u° (II. of אבט [= עבט ?]) be pledged DlHWB 6; Aramaic (Talmud) עֲבִיטָה pledge, עֲבַט Ithpe`el be taken in pledge; but WeJoel 2:7 thinks עֲבוֺט Aramaic loan-word, and compare Arabic hold, keep, guard). |
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