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title: מְנָה — number · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מְנָה (lemma:מְנָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: number. BDB 1906: vb. number, reckon. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְנָה

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«מְנָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **number** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:מְנָה · **BDB:** מְנָה

### Glosses

appoint (1); he.appointed (1); he.had.appointed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

number [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. number, reckon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. number, reckon (v. BH);— Pf. 3 ms. מ׳ Dn 5:26 God has numbered (the days of) thy kingdom (acc.; i.e. put an end to it);—מְנֵא v. infr. appoint, acc. pers.: Pf. 3 ms. מַנִּי Dn 2:24 (+ Inf.), v 49 (ל pers. + עַל rei); 2 ms. מַנִּיתָ 3:12 (עַל rei); Imv. ms. מֶנִּי (K§ 47, 3, c)) Ezr 7:25.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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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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[Daniel 2:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.49/)

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וְדָנִיֵּאל֙ בְּעָ֣א מִן־מַלְכָּ֔א וּמַנִּ֗י עַ֤ל עֲבִֽידְתָּא֙ דִּ֚י מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֔ל לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ וְדָנִיֵּ֖אל בִּתְרַ֥ע מַלְכָּֽא׃פ

*Word for word:* and Daniel he.asked from the king and he.appointed over the administration (diy).of the.province of.Babylon (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego and Daniel \[was\].in the.gate the king

*JPS 1917:* And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the gate of the king.

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