Lexical Definition

‎מְעִי‎ mᵉʻîy (meh-ee') heap ^H:N-M
from ‎עָוָה‎; (compare ‎עִי‎)

heap.

• a pile of rubbish (as contorted), i.e. a ruin

1) ruin, heap

See Greek: ἔλεος · καρδία · Χουζᾶς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְעִי‎ only in ‎מַפָּלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎והיתה מ‎ Isa 17:1 according to AV RV Thes and others noun [masculine] = ‎עִי‎ ruin-heap, but form very strange; ᵐ5 omits (ἔσται εἰς πτῶσιν); Gr proposes ‎כְּעִי‎, Di ‎לְעִי‎; < dittograph from ‎מעיר‎ Lag^{Semitic i. 29} Che Nö^{ZMG xxxii. 1878, 401} Brd SS Buhl Guⁱⁿ Kau Du.

‎מְעִי‎ noun [masculine] ruin (si vera lectio); — ‎וְהָֽיְתָה מְעִי‎ ‎מַפָּלָה‎ consecutive Isa 17:1 Damascus shall become a ruinous heap (but strike out ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ᵐ5 Lag Che SS Buhl). cf

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