מעון

Hebrew

Root
ע־ו־ן (ʿ-w-n)

Noun

מָעוֹן • (māʿṓn) m (singular construct מְעוֹן־)

day care center, crèche
(literary) residence, dwelling, abode
- 1891, Hayim Nahman Bialik, To the Bird 3–4:
  אֶל קוֹלֵךְ כִּי עָרֵב מַה־נַּפְשִׁי כָלָתָה \ בַּ חֹרֶף בְּ עָזְבֵךְ מְעוֹנִי.
  Your voice which is pleasant that my soul desired / In the winter, in your departure of my abode.

Descendants

→ Arabic: مَاعُون (māʕūn)

References

H4583 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
“מעון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

מעון יום on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he
מעונות סטודנטים on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

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