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magnitude or degree): a. (so mostly) as adv. acc ., qualifying both adjj. and obs., Gn 1:31 טֹוב מְאֹד good exceedingly , 4:5 וַיִּחַר לְקַיִן מְאֹד and Cain was wroth exceedingly , 7:18 וַיִּגְבְּרוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּרְבּוּ מְאֹד , 12:14 ; 13:2 וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד בַּמִּקְנֶה , v 13 חַטָּאִים לי׳ מאד , 18:20 ; 19:3 , 9 ; 21:11 ; 24:16 , 35 , + often, ψ 46:2 נִמְצָא מְאֹד עֶזְרָה בְצָרֹות as a help in troubles, to be found ( = present) exceedingly; with an inf. Is 47:9 בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִךְ מְאֹד despite of thy spells being very numerous, Jos 9:13 מֵרֹב הַדֶּרֶךְ מְאֹד , 1 K 7:47 ; הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד Gn 15:1 ; 41:49 Dt 3:5 +, for which in the later language is found לָרֹב מְאֹד •Zc 14:14 2 Ch 4:1 8; 9:9 (in 1 K 10:10 הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד ), 24:24 ; 30:13 , and even לְהַרְבֵּה מְאֹד •2 Ch 11:1 2; 16:8 . מְאֹד is not usually separated from the word it qualifies by more than one or two words (as Gn 20:8 האנשׁים מאד וייראו , Nu 11:10 ויחר אף י׳ מאד ); see, however, Dt 30:14 Ju 12:2 2 S 12:5 1 K 11:19 ψ 31:12 . It precedes its verb, ψ 47:10 מְאֹד נַעֲלָה (hence 97:9 ), 92:6 .
b. עַד־מְאֹד up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly , Gn 27:33 עַד־מ׳ חֲרָדָה גְּדֹלָה , v 34 1 S 11:15 עד מ׳ וישׂמח , 25:36 שִׁכֹּר עַד־מ׳ וְהוּא , 2 S 2:17 1 K 1:4 Is 64:8 ( cf. La 5:2 2), v 11 ψ 38:7 , 9 ; 119:8 , 43 , 51 , 107 Dn 8: 8; 11:25 . c. עַד־לִמְאֹד ( v. עַד לְ ) 2 Ch 16:1 4. d. duplicated ( Ges § 133 k), Gn 7:19 וְהַמַּיִם גָּֽבְרוּ מ׳ מ׳ , 30:43 Nu 14:7 1 K 7:47 2 K 10:4 Ez 37:1 0. e. בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד lit. with muchness, muchness , Gn 17:2 , 6 , 20 Ex 1:7 (all P ), Ez 9:9 ; 16:13 .

מֵאָה S 3967, 3968 TWOT 1135 GK 4395, 4396583 n.f. hundred ( NH id.; MI 20 מאתן ( du. ); SI 5 מאת , מאתים ( du. ); Ph. מאת , מאתם ( du. ); Assyrian (prob., Dl § 75),

adv. adverb. acc. accusative (direct obj. etc.) v verse.
+ plus, denotes often that other passages, etc., might be cited. So also where the forms of verbs, nouns, and adjectives are illustrated by citations, near the beginning of articles; while etc. in such connexions commonly indicates that other forms of the word occur, which it has not been thought worth while to cite.
= equivalent, equals.
inf. Infinitive.

Ges W. Gesenius, Heb. Gram. ed. by Kautzsch; P Priests Code or Narrative.
f. feminine, feminae. NH New (Late) Hebrew. MI Mesha-Inscription. du. dubious, doubtful.

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