מַעְיָן noun masculine[Prov 8:24] spring; — absolute ׳מ [Ps 74:15] +; construct מַעְיַן [2Kgs 3:25] +, מַעְיְנוֺ [Ps 114:8] (Ges«GKC:90n»§ 90n); suffix מַעְיָנוֺ [Hos 13:15] plural מַעְיָנוֺת [Isa 41:18] +, מַעְיָנִים [Ps 104:10] construct מַעְיְנוֺת [Gen 7:11] +, מַעְיְנֵי [1Kgs 18:5]; [2Kgs 3:19], מַעַיְנֵי [Isa 12:3] suffix מַעְיָנִי [Ps 87:7] (but see below), מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ [Prov 5:16] — spring, construct before מַיִם [1Kgs 18:5]; [2Kgs 3:19]; [2Kgs 3:25]; [Josh 15:9]; [Josh 18:15] (both P), [Ps 114:8], compare [Prov 8:24] ׳מַע alone [Isa 41:18]; [Lev 11:36] (P), [Ps 74:15]; [Ps 104:10]; [2Chr 32:4], compare [Joel 4:18] (in eschatological picture); in simile [Prov 25:26] תְּהוֺם ׳מ [Gen 7:11]; [Gen 8:2] (compare [Prov 8:28]); figurative of source of happiness, enjoyment [Hos 13:15] (|| מְקוֺרוֺ [Ps 84:7]; [Prov 5:16] (of wife, see Toy), compare חָתוּם ׳מ [Song 4:12], גַּנִּים ׳מ; v[Song 4:15] also [Ps 87:7] (si vera lectio; so De Che Du; Hup Bae We read form of מָעוֺן dwelling; הַיְשׁוּעָה ׳מ [Isa 12:3].
I. [עִיף] = II. עוּף q. v. for עֵיפָה, עֵיפַי etc.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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