Lexical Definition

‎מְנָת‎ mᵉnâth (men-awth') portion ^H:N-F
from ‎מָנָה‎

portion.

• an allotment (by courtesy, law or providence)

1) portion

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מְנָת‎] noun feminine portion ( = ‎מָנָה‎ chiefly late; on form compare Ges^{«GKC:95n»§ 95n}. Lag ^{BN 81, 150}); — construct ‎מְנָ֫ת‎ 2Chr 31:3 + 5 t.; Plural construct ‎מְנָאוֺת‎ Neh 12:44 ‎מְנָיוֺת‎ Neh 12:47; Neh 13:10 — portion of king, for sacrifice, 2Chr 31:3 priest v2Chr 31:4 also Neh 12:44 ‎מְנָאוֺת הַתּוֺרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎לַכּ‎; of Levites Neh 13:10 of singers Neh 12:47 figurative ‎כּוֺסָם מְנָת‎ Ps 11:6 (of judgment of wicked), compare ‎שֻׁעָלִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 63:11* so ‎מְנָֽתמִֿדַּיִךְ‎ Jer 13:25 portion of thy measure = thine allotted portion; read also ‎מְנָתוֺ(הּֿׅ‎ for ‎מִנֶּ֑הוּ‎ Ps 68:24* (so Ol Dy Bi Che We); in good sense, ‎מְנָת חֶלְקִי וְכוֺסִי‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 16:5 ‎׳‎‎י‎ is the portion of my lot and my cup.

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