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title: מָנָה — part · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָנָה (4490), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: part. BDB 1906: n.f. part, portion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָנָה

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«מָנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **part** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 4490 · **BDB:** מָנָה²

### Glosses

portions (5); a.portion (4); of.portions (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4490/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. part, portion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4490/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. part, portion;—מ׳ Ex 29:26 + 4 times; (on מְנָֽת־ Je 13:25, cf. ψ 16:5, v. מְנָת); pl. מָנוֹת 1 S 1:4 + 5 times; sf. מָֽנוֹתָ֫יהָ Est 2:9;—part, portion, especially choice portion, Ex 29:26 Lv 7:33; 8:29 (all of sacrificial animal; all P); cf. 2 Ch 31:19; also 1 S 1:4, 5; 9:23; of distrib. of choice bits Ne 8:10, 12 Est 9:19, 22; cf. also Est 2:9 (v. Dn 1:5, 10).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 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, 0 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/1502/4490/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.5/)

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וּלְחַנָּ֕ה יִתֵּ֛ן מָנָ֥ה אַחַ֖ת אַפָּ֑יִם כִּ֤י אֶת־חַנָּה֙ אָהֵ֔ב וַֽיהוָ֖ה סָגַ֥ר רַחְמָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and to Hannah he.gave a.portion one double (dm) (et) Hannah he.loved and Yahweh he.had.closed womb her

*JPS 1917:* but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had shut up her womb.

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[Leviticus 7:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.33/)

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הַמַּקְרִ֞יב אֶת־דַּ֧ם הַשְּׁלָמִ֛ים וְאֶת־הַחֵ֖לֶב מִבְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֑ן ל֧וֹ תִהְיֶ֛ה שׁ֥וֹק הַיָּמִ֖ין לְמָנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one who\].presents (et) the.blood of the.peace.offerings and (et) the fat from the.sons of.Aaron to him it.will.belong the.thigh of the.right to a.portion

*JPS 1917:* He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, shall have the right thigh for a portion.

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