BDB4754 [H4586]

מְעוּנִים proper name, of a people Me`unim, Me`unites (usually connected with מָעוֺן, (see עון), but dubious, compare Buhl^{Edom. 41 f.}); — a people South (SE ?) of Canaan (compare Buhl^l.c.); — ׳הַמּ 2Chr 26:7 and 1Chr 4:41 Qr (Kt המעינים, ᵐ5^B τοὺς Μιναίους, ᵐ5^L τ. Κιναίους; read also מֵהַמְּעוּנִים 2Chr 20:1 (for ᵑ0 מֵהָעַמּוֺנִים), so ᵐ5^{B A} (ᵐ5^L Αμμανιειμ), Ew Be Ke Ot Kau Kit; בְּנֵימְֿעוּנִים (among Nethinim who went back with Zerubbabel) Ezra 2:50 = Neh 7:52 are perhaps descendants of those named above (2Chr 26:7). ᵐ5 οἱ Μιναῖοι, but against ׳מ = Mineans (Glaser^{Skizze ii. 450 f.} and others) see Sprenger^{ZMG xliv (1890), 505}.

[מָעוּף] see עיף. מָעוֺר see עור.

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