Lexical Definition

‎מָנָה‎ mânâh (maw-naw') to count ^H:V
a primitive root

appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.

• properly, to weigh out
• by implication, to allot or constitute officially
• also to enumerate or enroll

1) to count, reckon, number, assign, tell, appoint, prepare
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to count, number
1a2) reckon, assign, appoint
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be counted, be numbered
1b2) to be reckoned, be assigned
1c) (Piel) to appoint, ordain
1d) (Pual) appointed (participle)

See Greek: ἀλλάσσω · ἀναδείκνυμι · ἀριθμέω · διατάσσω · δίδωμι · καθίστημι · λογίζομαι · παραδίδωμι · προστάσσω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: me.nah (‎מ‎ְ‎נ‎ָ‎ה‎ "to reckon/appoint" מְנָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָנָה‎ verb count, number, reckon, assign (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian manû Dl^{HWB 416}; Arabic assign, apportion; Aramaic , ‎מְנָא‎); —

Qal Perfect ‎מָנָה‎ Num 23:10 ‎וּמָנִ֫יתִי‎ Isa 65:12 Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תִּמְנֶהֿ‎ 1Kgs 20:25 ‎וַיִּמְנוּ‎ 2Kgs 12:11* Imperative ‎מְנֵה‎ 2Sam 24:1 Infinitive construct ‎לִמְנוֺת‎ Gen 13:16 + 4 t.; Participle ‎מוֺנֶה‎ Jer 33:13; Ps 147:4 —

1. count, number (compare ‎סָפַר‎) dust (grains) Gen 13:16 (J), compare ‎עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב‎ Num 23:10 (JE); money 2Kgs 12:11* stars (‎מִסְפָּר לַכּוֺכָבִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎) Ps 147:4 flock Jer 33:13 (symbol of peace); days Ps 90:12 people, army 2Sam 24:1; 1Chr 21:1; 1Chr 21:17, compare 1Chr 27:24 (object omitted); 1Kgs 20:25.

2. reckon, assign, appoint ‎לַחֶרֶב‎ Isa 65:12 (with play on ‎מְנִי‎ vIsa 65:11). Niph`al Perfect ‎נִמְנָה‎ Isa 53:12 Imperfect ‎יִמָּנֶה‎ Gen 13:16; 1Kgs 3:8 ‎יִמָּנוּ‎ 1Kgs 8:5 = 2Chr 5:6 Infinitive construct ‎הִמָנוֺת‎ Eccl 1:15 —

1. be counted, numbered, of descendants Gen 13:16 (J), of people 1Kgs 3:8 (|| ‎נִסְפַּר‎); of sacrificial animals 1Kgs 8:5 = 2Chr 5:6 (both || id.); indefinite Eccl 1:15.

2. be reckoned, assigned (a place), of servant of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 53:12 (with ‎אֶת פּשְׁעִים‎). Pi`el (late and in poetry) (Biblical Aramaic and ᵑ7. ‎מַנִּי‎); — Perfect ‎מִנָּה‎ Dan 1:10; Dan 1:11 ‎מִנּוּ‎ Job 7:3 Imperfect ‎וַיְמַן‎ Jonah 2:1* + 4 t.; Imperative ‎מַן‎ Ps 61:8* appoint, ordain, food Dan 1:10, vDan 1:5 (followed by ‎לְ‎), officer vDan 1:11 (followed by ‎על‎); nights of weariness (‎לֵילוֺת עָמָל‎) Job 7:3 (subject indefinite; followed by ‎לְ‎); in story of Jonah, object. fish Jonah 2:1*, ricinus Jonah 4:6 worm vJonah 4:7, wind vJonah 4:8 (all subject b>‎׳‎‎י‎); object ‎חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת‎ Ps 61:8* (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎). Pu`al Participle plural ‎מְמֻנִּים‎ 1Chr 9:29 appointed, of porters (followed by ‎עַל‎).

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