Jastrow: מְעָה

מְעָה f. (b. h. Is. XLVIII, 19, v. Targ.; cmp. next w.) [grain of sand &c.) m’ah, (cmp. גֵּרָה) 1) a weight. Y. Kil. I, 27ᵃ top מ׳ אחת וכ׳ one m’ah’s weight from the top of a melon, cucumber &c.; [R. S. to Kil. I, 2: one seed taken from the top &c., v. next w.].—Lev. R. s. 17 מ׳ אחת עבה ומ׳ וכ׳ one m’ah’s weight of coarse thread &c.; (Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXIII, 4 מַטְוֶה). —2) a coin, corresp. to the Tyrian Obolus (v. Zuckerm. Talm. Münz. p. 4). Tosef. B. Bath. V, 12 שש מ׳ כסף וכ׳ six m’ah silver make one denar; מ׳ כסף שני וכ׳ one m. silver is equal to two dupondia; Y. Kidd. I, 58ᵈ; Bab. Kidd. 12ᵃ; Bekh. 50ᵃ. Y. Shebu. VI, beg. 36ᵈ; a. fr.—Pl. מָעִין. Ib.; a. fr.—מָעוֹת in gen. small coins, money. B. Mets. IV, 1, v. קָנָה. Pes. 50ᵇ מ׳ הבאות ממדינת הים proceeds from trans-oceanic traffic. Ib. מְ׳ יתומים orphans’ money (invested at half-profits between executor and orphans). Ab. Zar. 17ᵇ מ׳ של פורים money laid aside for Purim enjoyments; מ׳ של צדקה charity fund. Ib. לא יתן אדם מְעוֹתָיו וכ׳ one must not give his contribution to the charity fund, unless its manager be &c.; a. fr.