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title: מָאן — vessel · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מָאן (lemma:מָאן), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 7 times: vessel. BDB 1906: n.m. vessel, utensil. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָאן

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«מָאן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **vessel** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:מָאן · **BDB:** מָאן

### Glosses

the (4); the.vessels (2); vessels (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

vessel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5d0_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. vessel, utensil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5d0_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ezr 7:19 vessel, utensil (𝔗 מׇ(א)ן, Syriac ܡܳܐܢ, so Chr-Pal., SchulthLex. 106; Old Aramaic מאן, Ph. מנם; poss. √ אנה, v. BH II. אנה, cf. LagBN 183 Buhl);—pl., vessels of temple at Jerus.: emph. מָאנַיָּא Ezr 5:14, 15; 7:19; Dn 5:23; cstr. מָאנֵי v 2, 3; Ezr 6:5.

### Jastrow 1903

מָאן: thing vessel, utensil garment, dress Pl. handle coulter of the plough [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5d0_5df/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (v. preced.) \[thing,\] vessel, utensil. Targ. Ps. II, 9. Targ. Lev. XI, 33; a. fr. (interch. with מָן, מַן).—B. Kam. 17ᵇ מ׳ תבירא תבר it was a broken vessel he broke. Ib. בתר תבר מ׳ אזלינן we judge by the final cause by which the vessel was broken; a. v. fr.—Pl. מָאנִין, מָאנַיָּא, מָאנֵי, מָנ׳. Targ. Ex. XI, 2; a. fr.—Sabb. 105ᵇ תבר מ׳ תבירי broke broken vessels (pretending to be angry); a. fr. (cmp. כֶּלִי) garment, dress. Ib. 113ᵇ; Snh. 94ᵃ קרי למָאנֵיה וכ׳ called his dress (garments) \&c., v. כָּבֵד I; B. Kam. 91ᵇ למאני (corr. acc.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.).—B. Mets. 47ᵃ במ׳ דכשר למקני ביה (symbolical possession has been given) by means of a garment fit for the purpose; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ber. 6ᵃ. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ top; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ top מָאנוֹי, v. בְּזַע; a. fr. (= h. קַנְקַן) \[handle,\] coulter of the plough. B. Mets. 80ᵃ

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָאן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5d0_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.19/)

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וּמָֽאנַיָּא֙ דִּֽי־מִתְיַהֲבִ֣ין לָ֔ךְ לְפָלְחָ֖ן בֵּ֣ית אֱלָהָ֑ךְ הַשְׁלֵ֕ם קֳדָ֖ם אֱלָ֥הּ יְרוּשְׁלֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the vessels which \[have.been\].given to you for the.worship of.the.house of your.God make.complete before the.God of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

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[Ezra 5:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.15/)

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וַאֲמַר־לֵ֓הּ ׀ אֵ֚ל מָֽאנַיָּ֔א שֵׂ֚א אֵֽזֶל־אֲחֵ֣ת הִמּ֔וֹ בְּהֵיכְלָ֖א דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּבֵ֥ית אֱלָהָ֖א יִתְבְּנֵ֥א עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.said to him these the vessels take! go! deposit! them in the temple which \[is\].in Jerusalem and the.house of.(the) God let.it.be.built on place its

*JPS 1917:* and he said unto him: Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place.

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