Hebrew words starting with mem
957 words in the Bible begin with mem (מ), listed most frequent first. This is page 2 of 5. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- ma'aravמַעֲרָבwest: the direction of the setting sun, and the western side or region it names
- maratמָרַטto strip a surface bare by rubbing or plucking, leaving it smooth, bald, or gleaming
- maskilמַשְׂכִּילa Maskil: a psalm marked in its title as a song made with insight and skill, and the insight or skill such singing calls for
- mabbulמַבּוּלthe Flood: the world-covering water God brought over the earth in Noah's day
- maḥmadמַחְמָדa treasure: what or whom someone holds dear, valued for the longing it draws rather than for any price it would fetch
- maḥanayimמַחֲנַיִםMahanaimnot studied yet
- maḥsorמַחְסוֹרwhat a person lacks: a need waiting to be supplied, or the poverty that going short settles into
- mikha'elמִיכָאֵלMichaelnot studied yet
- manahמָנָהa portion: a share of food or goods measured out and handed to one particular person
- metsaḥמֵצַחforehead: the brow above the eyes, the part of a person's face that cannot be hidden, and so the natural place for a mark, a wound, or a visible attitude
- metseletמְצִלְתַּיִםcymbals: a matched pair of bronze plates clashed together, the instrument the temple singers sounded to lead Israel's praise
- mirehמִרְעֶהpasture: the open land where a flock is taken to feed, and the grazing it finds there
- mivḥarמִבְחָרthe pick of a group: the finest one, or ones, singled out of a larger set
- megiddonמְגִדּוֹMegiddonot studied yet
- mehumahמְהוּמָהthe collapse of order into chaos: panic that shatters an army, unrest that makes a country unsafe, turmoil that unsettles a life
- motahמוֹטָהthe wooden crossbar borne on the neck or shoulders: nearly always the bar of a yoke, and so the Bible's standing picture of forced servitude
- moraמוֹרָאthe fear a mighty figure inspires in others, and so also the one who is feared or the deed that produces the fear
- maḥliמַחְלִיMahlinot studied yet
- massaמַסַּעthe breaking of camp and the leg of travel it begins: a setting out, a stage of a journey
- mitsnephetמִצְנֶפֶתa turban: cloth wound around the head as the badge of the highest office, worn by Israel's high priest and, in one prophecy, by her ruler.
- miqvehמִקְוֶהhope: the good outcome someone waits for, and most often the one who is being waited on
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- a body of water that has collected in one place: a sea, a pool, or a holding tank
- Kue: a horse-breeding region on the coast of what is now southern Turkey
- maqtso'aמִקְצֹעַa corner: the angled place where two walls, boards, or sides of a structure meet
- morמֹרmyrrh: a costly fragrant resin, bitter to the taste but sweet-smelling, harvested from a desert shrub and used as perfume, incense, and sacred anointing spice
- marahמַרְאָהa vision: the sight God gives a prophet when he reveals himself, and the state the prophet is in while it lasts
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- a mirror: a disc of polished bronze in which a person sees her own reflection
- meshuvahמְשׁוּבָהa turning away from God: the disloyalty of a people who walk off from the one they belong to.
- mashḥitמַשְׁחִיתdeliberate wrecking: the ruin one party brings down on another, and the destroying power that brings it
- mishenetמִשְׁעֶנֶתa staff: the stick a person leans their weight on to walk, stand, or be steadied
- matoqמָתוֹקsweet: tasting like honey, and so anything that is a pleasure to take in
- magurמָגוֹרliving somewhere as an outsider: the place a person stays without owning it, or the stretch of life spent that way
- madמַדa garment: a piece of clothing cut to fit the body, from a fitted tunic to a soldier's outfit
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- a measure: an extent or a measured-out portion
- moserמוֹסֵרa bond: the strap, rope, or shackle that ties something down, and so any hold that keeps a person or a nation in servitude
- meḥittahמְחִתָּהruin: the shattering collapse that overtakes a person, a people, or a place, or the dread of one
- mikhmasמִכְמָס, מִכְמָשׂMichmashnot studied yet
- milkahמִלְכָּהMilcahnot studied yet
- ma'avarahמַעֲבָרָהa crossing: the ford of a river or the narrow pass through rough ground where people go over, and once the passing sweep of a rod
- metsadמְצָדa stronghold: a high, hard-to-reach place that people hold or hide in because the ground itself protects them
- metsolahמְצוֹלָהthe deep: the deepest part of a body of water, the sea or river floor where things sink out of reach
- merivahמְרִיבָהMeribahnot studied yet
- madonמָדוֹןquarreling: open conflict between people, the kind that gets started, spreads, and has to be shut down.
- midyanמִדְיָןquarrels, always in the plural: bickering that keeps going, and so the settled habit of a person who is always fighting.
- malkishu'aמַלְכִּישׁוּעַMalchi-shuanot studied yet
- mimkarמִמְכָּרsomething sold: the property or goods that pass out of one person's hands in a sale, and by extension the sale itself and the money it brings.
- mamreמַמְרֵאMamrenot studied yet
- mistarמִסְתָּרa place out of sight: the cover someone watches or strikes from unseen, or where a person or a treasure is kept beyond finding
- ma'arekhetמַעֲרֶכֶתthe set row: loaves laid out in order on the sanctuary table and kept there before God
- matstsavמַצָּבa fixed standing-place or post: the spot where someone stands, a military outpost, or the position a person holds
- maqaqמָקַקto rot away: to decay from the inside until what was whole falls apart
- miqrehמִקְרֶהan involuntary happening: something that simply befalls a person, outside their planning or control
- miritמַרְעִיתpasturing: the feeding a shepherd provides for his flock, and so both the grazing they live on and the flock that lives on it
- mishlaḥמִשְׁלַחan act of sending forth: a hand put out to work or to seize, food sent to a neighbor, animals turned loose
- mahahמָהַהּto hold back: to linger, hesitate, or be slow in coming when it was time to move
- morashahמוֹרָשָׁהa permanent holding: what is handed over to a group to keep as its own, most often the land itself
- metarמֵיתָרa cord that works by being pulled tight: the rope that holds a tent up, or the string of a bow.
- mikhtavמִכְתָּבa piece of writing: the text that was actually set down, whether cut into stone, engraved on metal, or sent as a letter
- mamlakhutמַמְלָכוּתthe rule of one named king or royal house: the realm he governed, the royal power he held, or the years he reigned
- me'onahמְעֹנָהa den: the sheltered retreat a creature lives in, and by extension the home of God or of people
- ma'aravמַעֲרָבexchange goods: the wares that change hands when traders barter with one another
- maqqedahמַקֵּדָהMakkedahnot studied yet
- miqshahמִקְשָׁהhammered work: an object beaten into shape out of one solid piece of metal, rather than poured in a mold or joined together from separate parts
- mishbetsahמִשְׁבְּצוֹתgold openwork: gold worked in a braided or latticed pattern, made to grip an engraved stone or to enrich a garment.
- meshekhמֶשֶׁךְMeshechnot studied yet
- mashashמָשַׁשׁto feel something over with the hands: to run the hands across a person or an object in order to find out what is there
- megedמֶגֶדthe choicest yield: the best of what the sky, the soil, or a season brings forth
- magorמָגוֹרterror: fear that has closed in from every direction, leaving nowhere to run
- maher shalal ḥash bazמַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּזMaher-shalal-hash-baznot studied yet
- mosadמוֹסָדfoundations: the deep supports a thing rests on, used above all for the base of the world itself
- mushiמוּשִׁיMushinot studied yet
- maḥberetמַחְבֶּרֶתthe joining: the seam or facing edge where two pieces of cloth are fastened into one
- miḥyahמִחְיָהwhat keeps a life going: the rescue, the food, or the returning strength that lets someone survive.
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- the patch of living flesh showing inside a skin sore or a burn.
- meḥolahמְחוֹלָהa dance: the circling, celebratory dancing of a crowd, done to tambourines and singing, most often by women
- matamמַטְעָםa delicacy: tasty, specially prepared food made to satisfy a craving
- malbushמַלְבּוּשׁattire: the outfit someone is dressed in, usually fine or formal enough to be worth remarking on
- malonמָלוֹןa place to stop for the night on a journey: the spot where travelers halt, whether or not anything is built there
- molekhמֹלֶךְMolech: the name attached to the rite in which children were burned in the Valley of Hinnom, understood either as the god the offering was made to or as the offering itself
- malqo'aḥמַלְקוֹחַcaptured living plunder: the people and animals a victor takes alive and keeps
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- the jaws: the inside of the mouth, named as the part that takes food in
- malqoshמַלְקוֹשׁthe last rain of the wet season, falling in March and April, that fills out the grain in the few weeks before harvest
- manosמָנוֹסescape: the way out of danger, whether the running away itself or the safe place you run to
- menaḥemמְנַחֵםMenahemnot studied yet
- menatמְנָתan allotted share: the amount someone in authority has already fixed for a person, whether a standing allowance to be drawn or a fate handed down
- ma'onמָעוֹןMaonnot studied yet
- ma'akhatiמַעֲכָתִיMaacathitenot studied yet
- mappeletמַפֶּלֶתa fall and its wreckage: the crash of something tall or powerful coming down, and the fallen body or trunk left lying where it dropped
- miphtanמִפְתָּןa threshold: the raised stone sill at the bottom of an entrance, the step you cross going in.
- motsמוֹץchaff: the light husks and broken bits beaten off grain at threshing, so weightless that the wind carries them away
- metsurahמְצוּרָהfortifications: the walls, ramparts, and earthworks that make a town defensible, and the matching works an army raises around a city it is shutting in
- mera'ashahמְרַאֲשָׁוֹתthe spot at the head of someone lying down: the place where a sleeper's head is, and where a thing is laid or set within reach
- meriמְרִיאa fattened animal: a beast of the herd fed up on grain for slaughter, the prize animal kept back for a feast or an offering
- mattityahמַתִּתְיָהוּMattithiahnot studied yet
- migdolמִגְדֹּלMigdolnot studied yet
- midyaniמִדְיָנִיMidianitenot studied yet
- mahalalelמַהֲלַלְאֵלMahalalel (Mahalaleel in older English Bibles): a man's name meaning "praise of God", or read as a compressed sentence, "God is praised", borne by two unrelated men, the better known being the son of Kenan and father of Jared in the line from Adam to Noah
- mo'etsahמוֹעֵצָהsettled plans that are actually being followed: the course of action a person or a nation has fixed on, and in nearly every use one chosen instead of what God said.
- morehמוֹרֶהa teacher: the one who instructs another and points out the way he should go
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- the early rain: the first rains of autumn, which soften the baked ground so that plowing and sowing can begin
- mizlagahמִזְלָגָהa metal fork with several prongs, used to lift and turn sacrificial meat over a fire or out of a boiling pot
- maḥshakhמַחְשָׁךְa dark place: a region of darkness one is put into, cannot escape, or tries to hide inside
- misha'elמִישָׁאֵלMishaelnot studied yet
- mallukhמַלּוּךְMalluchnot studied yet
- masgerמַסְגֵּרa smith: a skilled metalworker, named in the exile lists among the workers carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon
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- a prison: a place where someone is shut in and cannot get out unaided
- miskenahמִסְכְּנוֹתstoragenot studied yet
- ma'adמָעַדto slip: to lose one's footing, so that what was holding a person up gives way
- ma'anehמַעֲנֶהan answer: the reply that comes back when someone speaks, asks, or accuses
- matsahמָצָהto drain out to the last drop: to squeeze, wring, or swallow something until nothing is left in it.
- matsodמָצוֹדa hunting net: the gear that closes on a catch, and so a picture of being taken with no way out.
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- a fortification: the works an army raises around a city it is besieging, or the fortified place people are kept safe in or shut up in.
- metsuqahמְצוּקָהstraits: distress felt as crushing pressure, the tight place a person is squeezed into with no room left
- mareshahמָרֵשָׁהMareshahnot studied yet
- meravotמְרָיוֹתMeraiothnot studied yet
- mirmasמִרְמָסsomething trodden underfoot: ground, or people, reduced to what feet walk over.
- mere'aמֵרֵעַa man's close companion: the friend attached to one particular person, whether at his wedding, in his court, or in his troubles
- meshammahמְשַׁמָּהwasteland: ground wrecked and emptied until nothing lives on it, and the horror of the people who look at it
- mishmanמִשְׁמָןthe fat of something: its rich, thick, choicest part, whether a land's fertility, a table's best food, or the flesh on a well fed body.
- maddaמַדָּעknowledgenot studied yet
- mahpekhahמַהְפֵּכָהoverthrownot studied yet
- motמוֹטa length of timber that bears weight: the pole two people carry a load on, and the crossbar of a yoke laid over a neck
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- a slipping: the moment a foot gives way under someone
- moradמוֹרָדdescentnot studied yet
- maḥolמָחוֹלdancenot studied yet
- maḥalahמַחֲלָהsicknessnot studied yet
- mattaמַטָּעplantationnot studied yet
- metavמֵיטָבbestnot studied yet
- makhberמִכְבָּרgratenot studied yet
- mekhesמֶכֶסtributenot studied yet
- makhpelahמַכְפֵּלָהMachpelahnot studied yet
- mikhtamמִכְתָּםMiktamnot studied yet
- milloמִלּוֹאMillonot studied yet
- melqaḥמֶלְקָחַיִםtongnot studied yet
- mano'aḥמָנוֹחַrestingnot studied yet
- manulמַנְעוּלboltnot studied yet
- matstsevetמַצֶּבֶתpillarnot studied yet
- matsoqמָצוֹקdistressnot studied yet
- mitspehמִצְפֶּהMizpahnot studied yet
- merḥavמֶרְחָבbroadnot studied yet
- meriv ba'alמְרִיב בַּעַלMerib-baalnot studied yet
- meremotמְרֵמוֹתMeremothnot studied yet
- maskitמַשְׂכִּיתfigurenot studied yet
- meshissahמְשִׁסָּהplundernot studied yet
- metushelaḥמְתוּשֶׁלַחMethuselah: the name of one man, the son of Enoch and grandfather of Noah, most likely meaning "man of Shelah", where Shelah is either a weapon or the name of a god
- mataqמָתֹקbe sweetnot studied yet
- mattatמַתַּתgiftnot studied yet
- ma'aravמַאֲרָבambushnot studied yet
- me'erahמְאֵרָהa curse that takes effect: the blight that settles on someone's work, land, or household and drains it of any increase
- mahalakhמַהֲלָךְjourneynot studied yet
- mukhמוּךְto sink into poverty: to fall from having enough to live on into not having enough.
- mosadahמוֹסָדָהfoundationnot studied yet
- motsaמוֹצָאMozanot studied yet
- mezammrahמְזַמֶּרֶתsnuffernot studied yet
- maḥavatמַחֲבַתgriddlenot studied yet
- maḥlahמַחְלָהMahlahnot studied yet
- matmonמַטְמוֹןhidden treasure: valuables that have been concealed or buried for safekeeping.
- medevaמֵידְבָאMedebanot studied yet
- mikhvahמִכְוָהburnnot studied yet
- mikhnasמִכְנָסundergarmentnot studied yet
- malaḥמָלַחto salt something: to sprinkle or rub salt onto it, whether an offering set on God's altar or a newborn's skin
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- to vanish away: to dissolve or be torn to nothing, said of the sky wearing out
- melekhetמְלֶכֶתqueennot studied yet
- malalמָלַלto speaknot studied yet
- manehמָנֶהminanot studied yet
- manaḥatמָנַחַתManahathnot studied yet
- mesavמֵסַבwhat lies round about something: the ground, the objects, or the people encircling it
- massahמַסָּהMassahnot studied yet
- masakhמָסַךְto mixnot studied yet
- mispoמִסְפּוֹאfoddernot studied yet
- ma'amadמַעֲמָדofficenot studied yet
- ma'amaqמַעֲמַקִּיםdeepnot studied yet
- miphqadמִפְקָדappointmentnot studied yet
- matsorמָצוֹרEgyptnot studied yet
- mitsarמִצְעָרlittlenot studied yet
- marbitמַרְבִּיתgreatnessnot studied yet
- margelahמַרְגְּלוֹתfeetnot studied yet
- marahמָרָהMarahnot studied yet
- mishbarמִשְׁבָּרa breaker: a crashing, engulfing wave of the sea at its most overpowering
- mishanמִשְׁעָןsupportnot studied yet
- matkhonetמַתְכֹנֶתtallynot studied yet
- mattanמַתָּןa gift: a concrete thing handed over to seal, secure, or smooth a relationship, with the setting deciding whether it counts as generous, dutiful, or corrupt.
- ma'akheletמַאֲכֶלֶתa slaughtering knife: the heavy blade used to kill and to cut a body apart
- ma'enמָאֵןrefusingnot studied yet
- ma'arמָאַרto malignnot studied yet
- migba'ahמִגְבָּעוֹתheadgearnot studied yet
- migdal-ederמִגְדַּל־עֵדֶרtower of Edernot studied yet
- migdanahמִגְדָּנָהprecious thingnot studied yet
- magogמָגוֹגMagognot studied yet
- megerahמְגֵרָהsawnot studied yet
- mahirמָהִירquicknot studied yet
- mahpekhetמַהְפֶּכֶתstocksnot studied yet
- moladahמוֹלָדָהMoladahnot studied yet
- mopha'atמֵיפַעַתMephaathnot studied yet
- mutsaqמוּצָקcastingnot studied yet
- mazmerahמַזְמֵרָהprunernot studied yet
- mizarמִזְעָרlittlenot studied yet
- maḥazehמַחֲזֶהvisionnot studied yet
- meḥezahמֶחֱזָהwindownot studied yet
- maḥlonמַחְלוֹןMahlonnot studied yet
- maḥaneh-danמַחֲנֵה־דָןMahaneh-dannot studied yet
- me zahavמֵי זָהָבMezahabnot studied yet
- mikahמִיכָאMicanot studied yet
- miyyaminמִיָּמִןMijaminnot studied yet
- mekhassehמְכַסֶּהcoveringnot studied yet
- mallaḥמַלָּחmarinernot studied yet
- malki-tsedeqמַלְכִּי־צֶדֶקMelchizedeknot studied yet
- milkomמִלכֹּםMilcom: the national god of Ammon, the kingdom just east of the Jordan, whom Solomon is condemned for worshiping and Josiah for tolerating
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- Malcam: the name of a little-known Benjaminite man listed among the sons of Shaharaim in a tribal genealogy
- manorמָנוֹרloom-beamnot studied yet
- menaqqiyyahמְנַקִּיָּהbowlnot studied yet
- menashshiמְנַשִּׁיManassitenot studied yet