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title: מְנֵא — maneh · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מְנֵא (lemma:מְנֵא), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: maneh. BDB 1906: maneh, mina. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְנֵא

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«מְנֵא» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **maneh** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:מְנֵא · **BDB:** מְנֵא²

### Glosses

mene (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

maneh [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b5_5d0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

maneh, mina [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b5_5d0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] maneh, mina, a weight (v. BH; Old Aramaic מנה SAC75 Lzb313);—abs. Dn 5:25(×2), 26, v. ClGannJAs Juillet-Août, 1886, 36 ff. NöZA i. 414 f. Dr al.; its connexion in Dn with מְנָה is due to word-play; v. also פְּרֵס, תְּקֵל.

### Jastrow 1903

מְנֵא: to count [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b5_5d0/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** to count, v. מְנִי.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְנֵא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b5_5d0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.25/)

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וּדְנָ֥ה כְתָבָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשִׁ֑ים מְנֵ֥א מְנֵ֖א תְּקֵ֥ל וּפַרְסִֽין׃

*Word for word:* and this \[is\].the writing which it.was.inscribed mene mene teqel and pharsin

*JPS 1917:* And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.

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[Daniel 5:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.26/)

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דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־אֱלָהָ֥א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* this \[is\].the.interpretation of the.matter mene he.has.numbered (the) God kingdom your and he has.finished.it

*JPS 1917:* This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.

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