Meunite • מְעוּנִי • H4586H — Bruhman Translator's Bible

Lexical Definition

‎מְעוּנִי‎ Mᵉʻûwnîy (meh-oo-nee') Meunite ^N:N--LG
or מְעִינִי Mᵉʻîynîy (meh-eenee'); probably patrial from ‎מָעוֹן‎

Mehunim(-s), Meunim.

§ Mehunim or Meunim = "habitations"
a Meunite, or inhabitant of Maon (only in plural)

1) a people who lived south of Canaan
2) a group of returning exiles, perhaps descendants of 1

Usage: 1 form in 2 verses

Form	Translated As	In Verse(s)
מְעוּנִ֖ים	Meunim	Ezra.2.50 • Neh.7.52

Extended Information

People descended from Mehun, first mentioned at Ezr.2.50

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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.

‎מעינים‎ 1Chr 4:41 Kt see ‎מְעוּנִים‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book	Refs
1 Chronicles	4:41
2 Chronicles	20:1 · 26:7
Ezra	2:50
Nehemiah	7:52

Profile

Group • Returned from exile • A group of temple servants who returned from exile.

People from Mehun(?)

The Meunim were a group of temple servants who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile (Ezr.2.50; Neh.7.52).

People from Mehun(?), first mentioned at Ezr.2.50;
only referred to as Meunim מְעוּנִי.

The Meunim are mentioned in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah as one of the groups of temple servants who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile (Ezr.2.50; Neh.7.52). They are listed among the Nethinim, which were a class of people dedicated to assisting the Levites in the service of the temple. The Meunim's specific duties within the temple are not described in the biblical text. Their inclusion in the lists of returning exiles suggests that they played a role in the restoration of temple worship after the exile. The origin and earlier history of the Meunim are not provided in the Bible.

All entries for Meunim: מְעוּנִי