מְעִי

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