The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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מְאָה‏ num. hundred

hundred Com. Ezra6:17 : תּוֹרִין מְאָה דִּכְרִין מָאתַיִן אִמְּרִין אַרְבַּע מְאָה‏ .

unit of a hundred men OfA^Eg, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, BabMBK, LJLA. TgO Ex18:21 : רַבָנֵי מָוָתָא‏ . TN Ex18:21 : רברבני מאאון‏ . PJ Ex18:21 : רבני אלפין רבני מאוותא רבני חומשין רבני עישורייתא‏ chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, chiefs of tens.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 634a; DJBA: 634a; Jastrow: 721; Levy Ch-W: 2:1; Tal Sam: 448; DNWSI: 586; DJA: 61a; Cook,Qumran: 131;

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Derivatives:

ˀrbˁmˀh, ˀrbˁ mˀh num. four hundred

ḥmšmˀh, ḥmš mˀh num. five hundred

mˀtyn (maˀṯēn) num. two hundred

šbˁmˀh, šbˁ mˀh num. seven hundred

štmˀh, št mˀh num. six hundred

tltmˀh, tlt mˀh num. three hundred

tmny mˀh (tmānē mˀā) num. eight-hundred

tšˁmˀh,tšˁ mˀh (tšaˁmā) num. nine hundred