Strong's Definition
from an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extens. the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)
KJV Usage: belly, bowels, X heart, womb
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מֵעֶה (me.eh) — belly. 1) internal organs, inward parts, bowels, intestines, belly 1a) inward parts 1b) digestive organs 1c) organs of procreation, womb 1d) place of emotions or distress or love (fig.) 1e) external belly Aramaic equivalent: me.ah (מְעָא "belly" H4577)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · מָעַי
People | ≈ בֶּטֶן · לֵב · קֶרֶב
bowels, interior, belly literally = the bowels or inner parts of a human body; sometimes used collectively to refer to all the internal organs and even the whole being, and sometimes used to refer to a specific part of the human body, for example, the stomach, the heart, the womb, the soul, the breast, the genitals; ≈ associated with emotions such as anguish but also compassion
GEN 15:4 · GEN 25:23 · NUM 5:22 · RUT 1:11 · 2SA 7:12 · 2SA 16:11 · 2SA 20:10 · 2CH 21:15 · 2CH 21:15 · 2CH 21:18 · 2CH 21:19 · 2CH 32:21 · JOB 20:14 · JOB 30:27 · PSA 22:15 · PSA 40:9 · PSA 71:6 · SNG 5:4 · SNG 5:14 · ISA 16:11 · ISA 48:19 · ISA 49:1 · ISA 63:15 · JER 4:19 · JER 4:19 · JER 31:20 · LAM 1:20 · LAM 2:11 · EZK 3:3 · EZK 7:19 · JON 2:1 · JON 2:2
Grieve
anguish literally: (one's) bowels; hence: = state of anguish, ◄ associated with one's bowels
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[מֵעֶה] n.m. only pl. internal organs, inward parts (intestines, bowels), belly base