מֵאָה

1. as simple number:
\ \ a. absolute singular, (I) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה 1 Mos 33,19; Jos 24,32 (both E); אִישׁ ׳מ Dom 7,19; 1 Kong 18,13; 2 Kong 4,43 אַמָּה ׳מ 1 Kong 7,2; Ezk 40,19 +; כִּכָּר ׳מ 2 Kong 23,33; 2 Kron 25,6; 2 Kron 27,5; 2 Kron 36,3; Ezr 8,26 אֶלֶף ׳מ = 100,000 1 Kong 20,29 + 6 t. Kings Chronicles; compare also 1 Mos 17,17 (P), 2 Sam 8,4; Es 65,20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Sam 8,4 = 1 Kron 18,4, צאֹן 1 Kong 5,3 (2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים 1 Mos 26,12 (J), פְּעָמִים ׳מ 2 Sam 24,3 = 1 Kron 21,3, נְבִיאִים ׳מ 1 Kong 18,4, etc.; (3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jer 52,23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezk 42,2, compare Ezr 2,69; 2 Kron 3,16; 2 Kron 4,8; 2 Kron 29,32 (4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezr 8,26 also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף 5 Mos 22,19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Sam 16,1 (i.e. cakes); (5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Dom 20,10 (twice in verse); Amos 5,3 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 26,8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Kron 12,14 ׳מ Ord 17,10 = 100 (blows), Praed 6,3 = 100 (children), (times). — On Neh 3,1; Neh 12,39 see below
\ \ b. absolute dual, (I) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Sam 18,27; 1 Sam 30,10; 2 Sam 15,11, לֶחֶם ׳מ 1 Sam 25,18; 2 Sam 16,1, צִנָּה ׳מ 1 Kong 10,16 = 2 Kron 9,15, אֶלֶף ׳מ 1 Sam 15,4 +, שָׁנָה ׳מ 1 Mos 11,23 (P); (2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים ׳מ Jos 7,21 (JE), 2 Sam 14,26, דְּבֵלִים ׳מ 1 Sam 25,18, אֲנָשִׁים ׳מ 1 Sam 30,21, compare Ezr 8,4 (3) also preceded by plural noun: ׳עִוִּים מ 1 Mos 32,15, ׳רְחֵלִים מ 1 Mos 32,15 (E), ׳הָרִמּוֺנִים מ 1 Kong 7,20, compare 1 Kron 15,8; 2 Kron 29,32; Ezr 2,65 (4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף ׳מ Dom 17,4 (5) as predicate, ׳רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ1 Kron 12,32 (33 van d. H).
\ \ c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת — (1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Sam 29,2 by hundreds, so 2 Sam 18,4 (both + thousands); especially ׳שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ captains of (the) hundreds 2 Mos 18,21; 2 Mos 18,25 (E), 2 Kong 11,4; 2 Kong 11,9; 2 Kong 11,10; 2 Kong 11,15 +; (2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ ׳שְׁלשׁ מ Dom 7,6, 300 men, compare vDom 7,7 vDom 7,8 vDom 7,16; Dom 8,4; 2 Mos 12,27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה ׳אַרְבַּע מ 1 Mos 15,13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף ׳חֲמֵשׁ מ 2 Sam 24,9 500,000, compare 2 Kron 13,17 רֶכֶב ׳שֵׁשׁ מ 2 Mos 14,7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע ׳מ Dom 20,15; Dom 20,16 700 men; חָלָל ׳שְׁמֹנֶה מ 2 Sam 23,8 800 slain; רֶכֶב ׳תְּשַׁע מ Dom 4,3; Dom 4,13 900 chariots; (3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים ׳שְׁלשׁ מ Dom 15,4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת ׳חֲמֵשׁ מ Job 1,3 500 she-asses, etc.; (4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun ׳פִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ 1 Kong 11,3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kong 7,42 = 2 Kron 4,13; 1 Kron 4,42; 2 Kron 14,8 etc.; after n.collective ׳בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ 2 Kron 35,9 (5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל ׳חֲמֵשׁ מ 2 Mos 30,24 (P); (6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף ׳שְׁלשׁ מ 1 Mos 45,22 (E), etc.
\ \ d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה 1 Mos 11,10; 1 Mos 21,5; 1 Mos 25,7 (all P) + 25 t. P, 1 Kron 25,9; Est 1,4 (Dr^{Intr. 124}) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Praed 8,12 = 100 times (מֵאָה פְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. פַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Kö^{ii. 228} compare Ew^{§ 269 b. 279 e}). — Neh 5,11 see 3 below

2. as part of larger number:
\ \ a. usually preceding tens and units, (1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Kö^{ii. 218 ff.}): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Dom 2,8 שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kong 10,14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Neh 7,24 and vNeh 7,31); (2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע 1 Mos 23,1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI^5.6 Da^{Expos. Times. May, 1898}).
\ \ b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה 4 Mos 7,86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה 2 Mos 6,16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה 1 Mos 5,23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Kö^{ii. 217 ff.} Da^{Synt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37} (d) Ges ^{§§ 97, 134 and} especially Herner^{Synt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).}

3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Neh 5,11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (Gei^{Jüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr}.)