מֵאָהMêʼâh
used as proper name of tower on northern wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39)
Pronunciation: may-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3968
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Nehemiah 3:1 Then Eliashib the high priest and the other priests started to rebuild at the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set up its doors, building the wall as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and the Tower of Hananel.
- Nehemiah 12:39 then past the Ephraim Gate to the Old City Gate, past the Fish Gate and the Tower of Hananel, and on to the Tower of the Hundred. Then we continued on to the Sheep Gate and stopped at the Guard Gate.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).