Strong’s H4597 · Hebrew

מָעַי
Mâʻay
maw-ah'-ee

Definition

Maai, an Israelite

Etymology

probably from H4578 (מֵעֶה)xlit mêʻâh corrected to mêʻeh; sympathetic;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Maai

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What the first audience heard

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