1) internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly 1a) inward parts 1b) digestive organs 1c) organs of procreation, womb 1d) place of emotions or distress or love (fig.) 1e) external belly Aramaic equivalent: me.ah (מְעָא "belly" H4577)
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H4578 — מֵעֶה
me.eh · belly · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 15:4 · מִמֵּעֶ֔יךָThen the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”Genesis 25:23 · מִמֵּעַ֖יִךְand He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”Numbers 5:22 · בְּֽמֵעַ֔יִךְMay this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’Ruth 1:11 · בְּֽמֵעַ֔יBut Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?2 Samuel 7:12 · מִמֵּעֶ֑יךָAnd when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.2 Samuel 16:11 · מִמֵּעַ֖יThen David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.2 Samuel 20:10 · מֵעָ֥יוAmasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.2 Chronicles 21:15 · מֵעֶ֑יךָ · מֵעֶ֙יךָ֙And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”2 Chronicles 21:18 · בְּמֵעָ֛יוAfter all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.2 Chronicles 21:19 · מֵעָיו֙This continued day after day until two full years had passed. Finally, his intestines came out because of his disease, and he died in severe pain. And his people did not make a fire in his honor as they had done for his fathers.2 Chronicles 32:21 · מֵעָ֔יוand the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.Job 20:14 · בְּמֵעָ֣יוyet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.Job 30:27 · מֵעַ֖יI am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.Psalm 22:14 · מֵעָֽי׃I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.Psalm 40:8 · מֵעָֽי׃I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”Psalm 71:6 · מִמְּעֵ֣יI have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.Song of Solomon 5:4 · וּמֵעַ֖יMy beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.Song of Solomon 5:14 · מֵעָיו֙His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is polished ivory bedecked with sapphires.Isaiah 16:11 · מֵעַ֣יTherefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.Isaiah 48:19 · מֵעֶ֖יךָYour descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”Isaiah 49:1 · מִמְּעֵ֥יListen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.Isaiah 63:15 · מֵעֶ֛יךָLook down from heaven and see, from Your holy and glorious habitation. Where are Your zeal and might? Your yearning and compassion for me are restrained.Jeremiah 4:19 · מֵעַ֣י׀ · מֵעַ֨י׀My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.Jeremiah 31:20 · מֵעַי֙Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.Lamentations 1:20 · מֵעַ֣יSee, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.Lamentations 2:11 · מֵעַ֔יMy eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.Jonah 1:17 · בִּמְעֵ֣יNow the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.Jonah 2:1 · מִמְּעֵ֖יFrom inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,