מָנֶה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4488
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
maneh tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
מָנֶה: n.m. maneh, mina tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. maneh, mina, a weight (perhaps orig. a specific part; NH id.; Assyrian manû DlHWB 417; Aramaic ܡܰܢܝܳܐ, מַנְיָא);—מ׳ Ez 45:12; מָנִים 1 K 10:17 + 3 times;=50 shekels Ez 45:12 (on חֲמִשִּׁים for חֲמִשָּׁה v. Hi Co); of gold 1 K 10:17; of silver Ezr 2:69 Ne 7:71, 72.—The weight of the mina was 1/60 of talent; i.e. according to older (Bab.) standard, 982.2 grammes (=60 shekels at c. 16.37 g.)=c. 2 lbs.; in Ezekiel’s time the mina=50 shekels=818.6 g.=c. 1 2/3 lb. (cf. כִּכָּר, שֶׁקֶל). Vid. BenzArch. 187 ff. 194 NowArch. i. 208 f.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: minas (4); mina (1).
In the verses
וּמֵֽרָאשֵׁ֣י הָֽאָב֗וֹת נָֽתְנוּ֙ לְאוֹצַ֣ר הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה זָהָ֕ב דַּרְכְּמוֹנִ֖ים שְׁתֵּ֣י רִבּ֑וֹת וְכֶ֕סֶף מָנִ֖ים אַלְפַּ֥יִם וּמָאתָֽיִם׃
Word for word: and some of.the.heads of the.fathers they.gave to the.treasury of the.work gold drachmas two ten.thousands and silver minas two.thousand and two.hundred
JPS 1917: And some from among the heads of fathers' houses gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests' tunics.
וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתְנוּ֮ שְׁאֵרִ֣ית הָעָם֒ זָהָ֗ב דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י רִבּ֔וֹא וְכֶ֖סֶף מָנִ֣ים אַלְפָּ֑יִם וְכָתְנֹ֥ת כֹּֽהֲנִ֖ים שִׁשִּׁ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃פ
Word for word: and.[that] which they.gave the.remainder of the.people [was].gold drachmas two ten.thousand and silver minas two.thousand and tunics of.priests sixty and seven
JPS 1917: And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver.
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