'What, therefore, belongs to the Levites may be redeemed and a house sale in the city of this possession reverts in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel.
Original word: מְעִי
Transliteration: mei
Definition (short): ruin
Definition (full): a pile of rubbish, a ruin
Word Origin: of uncertain derivation
Definition: perhaps ruin heap
NASB Translation: ruin (1).
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From
avah ; a pile of rubbish (as contorted), i.e. A ruin (compare
iy ) -- heap.
see HEBREW avah
see HEBREW iy
KJV:
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap .
NASB:
The oracle concerning Damascus. "Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city And will become a fallen ruin.