מעון

Hebrew

Root
ע־ו־ן (ʿ-w-n)

Noun

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

1. day care center, crèche
2. (literary) residence, dwelling, abode
   • 1891, Hayim Nahman Bialik, To the Bird 3–4:

     אֶל קוֹלֵךְ כִּי עָרֵב מַה־נַּפְשִׁי כָלָתָה \ בַּחֹרֶף בְּעָזְבֵךְ 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