מֵעֶה me’eh (H4578) and literally means “unknown eye” or “mighty eye” where the Hebrew letter מ mem was represented for thousands of years as water in the sense of being something unknown, chaotic, and mighty. When referring to literal bowels, מֵעֶה me’eh is the gut, internal organs, intestines, belly, organs of procreation, or womb (cf. Genesis 15:4; Genesis 25:23; Numbers 5:22; Ruth 1:11). Metaphorically, מֵעֶה me’eh refers to “inward parts” as the seat of the unconscious (or unknown) mind and emotion (cf. Psalms 22:14; Psalms 40:8; Song of Songs 5:4; Jeremiah 4:19). מֵעֶה me’eh is equivalent to the Greek word κοιλία koilia (G2836) which literally refers to the whole belly including the upper and lower belly; the gullet (esophagus) as the tube that food travels down in the body from the mouth to the stomach (cf. Mark 7:19); the womb, the place where the fetus is conceived and nourished until birth (cf. Luke 1:41). Metaphorically, κοιλία koilia refers to the innermost part of a man, the soul, heart as the seat of thought, feeling, or choice.
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