H4586 H4586
Meunim/Meunites: a people group south or southeast of Canaan, enemies of Judah and later temple servants.
A gentilical proper noun identifying the Meunim or Meunites, a people group located south or southeast of Canaan, possibly connected with the town of Maon in Edom. They appear as enemies defeated by the Simeonites in the days of Hezekiah (1 Chr 4:41), as foes subdued by King Uzziah (2 Chr 26:7), and — in a remarkable transformation — as temple servants (Nethinim) who returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:50; Neh 7:52). The Septuagint's Minaioi may link them to the South Arabian Minaeans, though this identification remains debated.
Senses
1. Meunim (people group) — An ethnic or people group, the Meunim, located in the southern or southeastern margins of Canaan. They appear as hostile opponents defeated by Simeonite settlers (1 Chr 4:41) and by King Uzziah (2 Chr 26:7), and as Nethinim (temple servants) returning from Babylon (Ezra 2:50). The Ketiv/Qere variation (Ma'inim/Me'unim) and the Septuagint's Minaioi reflect uncertainty about their precise identity. Spanish uniformly transliterates 'Meunim,' while French and German leave the Hebrew script, signaling the obscurity of the name. 6×
AR["[الـ-مَعينيّين]", "الـ-مَعونيّين", "مَعونيمَ", "مَعُونِيمَ", "وَ-الْمَعُونِيِّينَ"]·ben["(মিয়ুনীয়দের)", "[মিয়ুনীয়দের]", "ও-মিয়ূনীয়দের", "মিউনীমের", "মিয়ূনীম", "মেউনীমের"]·DE["[(מעונים)]", "[[מעינים]]", "[המעונים]", "[המעינים]", "[והמעונים]", "[מעונים]"]·EN["(the-Me'unim)", "Meunim", "[K: the-Ma'inim]", "[ketiv]", "and-the-Meunim"]·FR["[המעונים]", "[המעינים]", "[והמעונים]", "[מעונים]", "[מעינים]"]·heb["(מעונים)", "[מעינים]", "ה-מעונים", "ה-מעינים", "ו-ה-מעונים", "מעונים"]·HI["(मऊनी)", "[मईनी]", "और-मूनियों", "मऊनीम-के", "मेईनीम", "मेऊनीम"]·ID["Meunim", "[kere]", "[orang-Meunim]", "dan-orang-Meunim", "orang-Meunim"]·IT["[המעונים]", "[המעינים]", "[והמעונים]", "[מעונים]", "[מעינים]"]·jav["Meunim", "[Meunim]", "[tiyang-Méunim]", "lan-tiyang-tiyang-Méun", "tiyang-Méunim"]·KO["(그-메우님)", "(므우님)", "[므우님]", "그리고-그-메우님인들", "메우님", "메우님의"]·PT["(Meunim)", "(os-Me'unim)", "Meunim", "[Meinim]", "[os-Me'inim]", "e-os-meunitas"]·RU["[кетив:Меиним]", "Меуним", "Меунима", "Меунитян", "и-меунитян"]·ES["(Meunim)", "(los-meunim)", "Meunim", "[Meonim]", "[los-meunim]", "y-los-meunitas"]·SW["(Wameuni)", "Meunaimu", "Meunimu", "[Wameuni]", "[k]", "na-Wameuni"]·TR["(Meunliler'i)", "K", "Meunim'in", "Meunimin", "[Meinliler'i]", "ve-Meunilerin"]·urd["(معونیم)", "(معونیم-کے)", "[معینیم]", "اور-معونیوں-کے", "معونیم-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מְעוּנִים n.pr.gent. Meʿunim, Meʿunites (usually connected with מָעוֹן (v. עון), but dub., cf. Buhl Edom. 41 f.);—a people S. (SE?) of Canaan (cf. Buhl l.c.);—הַמּ׳ 2 Ch 26:7 and 1 Ch 4:41 Qr (Kt המעינים, 𝔊B τοὺς Μιναίους, 𝔊L τ. κιναίους); read also מֵהַמְּעוּנִים 2 Ch 20:1 (for MT מֵהָעַמּוֹנִים), so 𝔊Biblical Aramaic (𝔊L Αμμανιειμ), Ew Be Ke Öt Kau Kit; בְּנֵי־מְעוּנִים (among Nethinim…