Lexical Definition

‎מַעְיָן‎ maʻyân (mah-yawn') spring ^H:N-M
or מַעְיְנוֹ maʻyᵉnôw (mah-yen-o'); (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה maʻyânâh (mah-yawnaw'); from ‎עַיִן‎ (as a denominative in the sense of a spring)

fountain, spring, well.

• a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)

1) spring

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַעְיָן‎ noun masculine^{Prov 8:24} spring; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 74:15 +; construct ‎מַעְיַן‎ 2Kgs 3:25 +, ‎מַעְיְנוֺ‎ Ps 114:8 (Ges^{«GKC:90n»§ 90n}); suffix ‎מַעְיָנוֺ‎ Hos 13:15 plural ‎מַעְיָנוֺת‎ Isa 41:18 +, ‎מַעְיָנִים‎ Ps 104:10 construct ‎מַעְיְנוֺת‎ Gen 7:11 +, ‎מַעְיְנֵי‎ 1Kgs 18:5; 2Kgs 3:19, ‎מַעַיְנֵי‎ Isa 12:3 suffix ‎מַעְיָנִי‎ Ps 87:7 (but see below), ‎מַעְיְנֹתֶיךָ‎ Prov 5:16 — spring, construct before ‎מַיִם‎ 1Kgs 18:5; 2Kgs 3:19; 2Kgs 3:25; Josh 15:9; Josh 18:15 (both P), Ps 114:8, compare Prov 8:24 ‎׳‎‎מַע‎ alone Isa 41:18; Lev 11:36 (P), Ps 74:15; Ps 104:10; 2Chr 32:4, compare Joel 4:18* (in eschatological picture); in simile Prov 25:26 ‎תְּהוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 7:11; Gen 8:2 (compare Prov 8:28); figurative of source of happiness, enjoyment Hos 13:15 (|| ‎מְקוֺרוֺ‎ Ps 84:7*; Prov 5:16 (of wife, see Toy), compare ‎חָתוּם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Song 4:12, ‎גַּנִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎; vSong 4:15 also Ps 87:7 (si vera lectio; so De Che Du; Hup Bae We read form of ‎מָעוֺן‎ dwelling; ‎הַיְשׁוּעָה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Isa 12:3. I. [‎עִיף‎] = II. ‎עוּף‎ q. v. for ‎עֵיפָה‎, ‎עֵיפַי‎ etc.

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