--- title: מָנָה — count · The Tanakh dictionary description: מָנָה (4487), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: count. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4487.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-5.md)‎ / מָנָה‎ # מָנָה «מָנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **count** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 28 times · **Key:** 4487 · **BDB:** מָנָה ### Glosses count (6); he.appointed (4); they.were.numbered (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) count [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4487/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4487/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. count, number, reckon, assign (NH id.; Assyrian manû DlHWB 416; Arabic مَنَى assign, apportion; Aramaic ܡܢܳܐ, מְנָא);— Pf. מָנָה Nu 23:10; וּמָנִ֫יתִי Is 65:12; Impf. 2 ms. תִּמְנֶה־ 1 K 20:25; וַיִּמְנוּ 2 K 12:11; Imv. מְנֵה 2 S 24:1; Inf. cstr. לִמְנוֹת Gn 13:16 + 4 times; Pt. מוֹנֶה Je 33:13 ψ 147:4;— count, number (cf. סָפַר) dust (grains) Gn 13:16 (J), cf. עֲפַר יַעֲקֹב Nu 23:10 (JE); money 2 K 12:11; stars (מ׳ מִסְפָּר לַכּוֹכָבִים) ψ 147:4; flock Je 33:13 (symb. of peace); days ψ 90:12; people, army 2 S 24:1 1 Ch 21:1, 17, cf. 27:24 (object om.); 1 K 20:25. reckon, assign, appoint לַחֶרֶב Is 65:12 (with play on מְנִי v 11). Pf. נִמְנָה Is 53:12; Impf. יִמָּנֶה Gn 13:16 1 K 3:8; יִמָּנוּ 1 K 8:5=2 Ch 5:6; Inf. cstr. הִמָּנוֹת Ec 1:15;— be counted, numbered, of descendants Gn 13:16 (J), of people 1 K 3:8 (‖ נִסְפַּר); of sacrificial animals 1 K 8:5=2 Ch 5:6 (both ‖ id.); indef. Ec 1:15. be reckoned, assigned (a place), of servant of י׳ Is 53:12 (c. אֶת פֹּשְׁעִים). (late and poet.) (Biblical Aramaic and 𝔗 מַנִּי);—Pf. מִנָּה Dn 1:10, 11; מִנּוּ Jb 7:3; Impf. וַיְמַן Jon 2:1 + 4 times; Imv. מַן ψ 61:8; appoint, ordain, food Dn 1:10, v 5 (sq. לְ), officer v 11 (sq. על); nights of weariness (לֵילוֹת עָמָל) Jb 7:3 (subj. indef.; sq. לְ); in story of Jonah, obj. fish Jon 2:1, ricinus 4:6, worm v 7, wind v 8 (all subj. י׳); obj. חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת ψ 61:8 (subj. י׳). Pt. pl. מְמֻנִּים 1 Ch 9:29 appointed, of porters (sq. עַל). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «מָנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4487/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 90:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.90.12/) לִמְנ֣וֹת יָ֭מֵינוּ כֵּ֣ן הוֹדַ֑ע וְ֝נָבִ֗א לְבַ֣ב חָכְמָֽה׃ *Word for word:* to count days our right teach.\[us\] so that.we.may.bring a.heart of.wisdom *JPS 1917:* So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom. [Psalms 147:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.147.4/) מוֹנֶ֣ה מִ֭סְפָּר לַכּוֹכָבִ֑ים לְ֝כֻלָּ֗ם שֵׁמ֥וֹת יִקְרָֽא׃ *Word for word:* \[he.is\].counting \[the\].number of the stars to all of.them names he.calls *JPS 1917:* He counteth the number of the stars; He giveth them all their names. - ← previous: [מַנְגִּינָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4485.md) - next →: [מָנֶה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4488.md) - ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-5.md)