מְנָת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4521

portion — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

portion tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְנָת: n.f. portion tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. portion (= מָנָה, chiefly late; on form cf. Ges§ 95 n. LagBN 81, 150);—cstr. מְנָ֫ת 2 Ch 31:3 + 5 times; Pl. cstr. מְנָאוֹת Ne 12:44; מְנָיוֹת Ne 12:47; 13:10;—portion of king, for sacrifice, 2 Ch 31:3; of priest v 4; also Ne 12:44 מְנָאוֹת הַתּוֹרָה לַכּ׳; of Levites 13:10; of singers 12:47; fig. מְנָת כּוֹסָם ψ 11:6 (of judgment of wicked), cf. מ׳ שֻׁעָלִים ψ 63:11; so מְנָֽת־מִדַּיִךְ Je 13:25 portion of thy measure=thine allotted portion; read also מְנָתוֹ(-הּ) for מִנֵּ֑הוּ ψ 68:24 (so Ol Dy Bi Che We); in good sense, י׳ מְנָת חֶלְקִי וְכוֹסִי ψ 16:5 י׳ is the portion of my lot and my cup.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the portion (4); the portions (3); [is] the portion (1).

In the verses

Psalms 63:11 · tree →

יַגִּירֻ֥הוּ עַל־יְדֵי־חָ֑רֶב מְנָ֖ת שֻׁעָלִ֣ים יִהְיֽוּ׃

Word for word: people will.pour.him over [the].hands of.[the].sword [the].portion of.foxes they.will.be

JPS 1917: They shall be hurled to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.

Psalms 16:5 · tree →

יְֽהוָ֗ה מְנָת־חֶלְקִ֥י וְכוֹסִ֑י אַ֝תָּ֗ה תּוֹמִ֥יךְ גּוֹרָלִֽי׃

Word for word: Yahweh [is].the.portion my.possession my and cup my you [are].holding lot my

JPS 1917: O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.

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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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