מְנֵא

Biblical Aramaic

maneh — used 3 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

maneh tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְנֵא²: maneh, mina tree →

The whole BDB entry

n. [m.] maneh, mina, a weight (v. BH; Old Aramaic מנה SAC75 Lzb313);—abs. Dn 5:25(×2), 26, v. ClGannJAs Juillet-Août, 1886, 36 ff. NöZA i. 414 f. Dr al.; its connexion in Dn with מְנָה is due to word-play; v. also פְּרֵס, תְּקֵל.

Jastrow 1903

מְנֵא: to count tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

to count, v. מְנִי.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (13 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: mene (3).

In the verses

Daniel 5:25 · tree →

וּדְנָ֥ה כְתָבָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשִׁ֑ים מְנֵ֥א מְנֵ֖א תְּקֵ֥ל וּפַרְסִֽין׃

Word for word: and this [is].the writing which it.was.inscribed mene mene teqel and pharsin

JPS 1917: And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.

Daniel 5:26 · tree →

דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־אֱלָהָ֥א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃

Word for word: this [is].the.interpretation of the.matter mene he.has.numbered (the) God kingdom your and he has.finished.it

JPS 1917: This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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