Lexical Definition

‎מָנֶה‎ mâneh (maw-neh') mina ^H:N-M
from ‎מָנָה‎

maneh, pound.

• properly, a fixed weight or measured amount, i.e. (techn.) a maneh or mina

1) maneh, mina, pound
1a) 60 shekels and 1/50 talent (of silver)
1a1) 1/60 talent in early Babylonian standard
1b) 100 shekels and 1/100 talent (of gold)

See Greek: μνᾶ

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: me.ne (‎מ‎ְ‎נ‎ֵ‎א‎ "mina" מְנֵא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָנֶה‎ noun masculine maneh, mina, a weight (perhaps originally a specific part; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian manû Dl^{HWB 417}; Aramaic , ‎מַנְיָא‎); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ezek 45:12 ‎מָנִים‎ 1Kgs 10:17 + 3 t.; = 50 shekels Ezek 45:12 (on ‎חֲמִשִּׁים‎ for ‎חֲמִשָּׁה‎ see Hi Co); of gold 1Kgs 10:17 of silver Ezra 2:69; Neh 7:71*; Neh 7:72*. — The weight of the mina was 1/60 of talent; i.e. according to older (Babylonian) standard, 982.2 grammes (= 60 shekels at approximately 16.37 g.) = approximately 2 lbs.; in Ezekiel's time the mina = 50 shekels = 818.6 g. = approximately 1 2/3 lb. (compare ‎כִּכָּר‎, ‎שֶׁקֶל‎). See J. Benz^{Archaeology 187 ff.} 194 Now^{Archaeology i. 208 f}.

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