Lexical Definition

‎הַמְנִיךְ‎ hamnîyk (ham-neek') chain ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) but the text is הֲמוּנֵךְ hămûwnêk (ham-oo-nayk'); of foreign origin

chain.

• a necklace

1) necklace, chain

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הַמְנִיכָא‎ Qr (Kt ‎המינכָא‎, also [Gi] ‎המוניכא‎, etc.) noun [masculine] chain, necklace (Talmud ‎הַמְנִכָּא‎ D^{WB 108}; Syriac ; loan-word from Greek μανιάκης K^{§ 64, 4}; or < Persian hämy¹n, girdle [diminutive would be hamy¹nak] (whence also Greek μαν., Bev Dr^{Dan 5:7}) Andr^{M 60*} (reading ‎הַמְיָֽנְכָא‎); see also Behrm^ix Lag^{Ges. Abh. 40; Arm. Stud. 1420}; see Krauss^{5 f.} (who compares also Talmud ‎מוּנְיָיק‎, ‎מָנְיָיק‎ necklace, bracelet, Levy^{NHWB iii. 52 b, 158 b} D²³⁰)); — of gold, Dan 5:7; Dan 5:16; Dan 5:29.

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