What does מְלֵאָה (mĕlēʾāh) mean in the Bible?
מְלֵאָה (mĕlēʾāh): Abundance understood as ripeness and fullness—produce reaching its destined, completed state.
Hebrew · H4395
מְלֵאָה
Something fulfilled , i.e. abundance (of produce)
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מְלֵאָה H4395
Pronunciation mĕlēʾāh
What does מְלֵאָה (mĕlēʾāh) mean in the Bible?
מְלֵאָה (mĕlēʾāh): Abundance understood as ripeness and fullness—produce reaching its destined, completed state.
Full entry for מְלֵאָה (H4395) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H4395?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [offerings] from your granaries (1), or juice (1), the entire harvest (1).
Where does מְלֵאָה (mĕlēʾāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 22:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (1), Exodus (1), Numbers (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [offerings] from your granaries 1× Exodus 22:29
or juice 1× Numbers 18:27
the entire harvest 1× Deuteronomy 22:9
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 22:29 מְלֵאָתְךָ֥ to [offerings] from your granaries Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Numbers 18:27 וְכַֽמְלֵאָ֖ה to or juice Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular Deuteronomy 22:9 הַֽמְלֵאָ֤ה to the entire harvest Article | Noun - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 22:29
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Exodus 1 Numbers 1 Deuteronomy 1
Source forms
הַֽמְלֵאָ֤ה 1x ham·lê·’āh Deuteronomy 22:9
וְכַֽמְלֵאָ֖ה 1x wə·ḵam·lê·’āh Numbers 18:27
מְלֵאָתְךָ֥ 1x mə·lê·’ā·ṯə·ḵā Exodus 22:29
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Deuteronomy 22:9
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Numbers 18:27
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular 1x Exodus 22:29
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Abundance understood as ripeness and fullness—produce reaching its destined, completed state.
Source Gloss
something fulfilled , i.e. abundance (of produce)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Abundance understood as ripeness and fullness—produce reaching its destined, completed state.
something fulfilled, i.e. abundance (of produce) BDB: fulness Usage: (first of ripe) fruit, fulness.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מְלֵאָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain