אלהא דמאיר ענני

אלהא דמאיר ענני

According to the Maharsha (avoda zarah 18a) It can’t refer to the Tanna R.Meir* because he was still alive. In his lifetime** he would not usehis own name attached to  Hashem.

The Maharsha says that it refers to Hashem. Meir is not a name. It is a word, Hameir who lights up the world. (Hameir La’aretz )  

Or, "Meir" who lit up for us  during the dark days of the Greeks with the ness of Chanukah”. He shall bring  Nissim to save you.

* עיין הגהות יעבץ

**עיין רש"י בראשית ל"א: מ"ב ד"ה ופחד יצחק

BTW. I wrote in the past" R. Meir the Tanna & R.Meir Ba'al Hanes

were two different people". I