Strong's Definition
or ma ynow (Psa. 114:8) {mah-yen-o'}; or (feminine) ma yanah {mah-yaw-naw'}; from 5869 (as a denominative in the sense of a spring); a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
KJV Usage: fountain, spring, well
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מַעְיָן (ma.yan) — spring. spring
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · עין
Waterbodies | ≈ בְּאֵר · גַּל · מָקֹור · נָהָר
spring = an opening in the earth that gives access to the subterranean water which either comes to the surface or can be drawn from it; ≈ its water is regarded as a source of blessing
GEN 7:11 · GEN 8:2 · LEV 11:36 · JOS 15:9 · JOS 18:15 · 1KI 18:5 · 2KI 3:19 · 2KI 3:25 · 2CH 32:4 · PSA 74:15 · PSA 84:7 · PSA 87:7 · PSA 104:10 · PSA 114:8 · PRO 8:24 · PRO 25:26 · SNG 4:12 · SNG 4:15 · ISA 12:3 · ISA 41:18 · HOS 13:15 · JOL 4:18
Flow | ≈ פֶּלֶג
spring (symbolizing semen) = process by which water flows from a spring; ≈ only used figuratively to refer to human semen flowing from the body
1 PSA 87:7 RSV NIV NJB REB NRSV GNT CEV | NJPS HOTTP "roots, origins" but this may be based on the western concept of "source" | NJB reads מָעֹון "dwelling"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַעְיָן n.m. spring base