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title: מָנוֹחַ — Manoah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָנוֹחַ (4495), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: Manoah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָנוֹחַ

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«מָנוֹחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Manoah** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 4495 · **BDB:** מָנוֹחַ³

### Glosses

Manoah (15); of.Manoah (2); \[was\].Manoah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Manoah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4495/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4495/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of Samson Ju 13:2, 8 + 15 times Ju 13, 16:31, 𝔊 Μανωε.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָנוֹחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4495/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 13:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.13.22/)

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וַיֹּ֧אמֶר מָנ֛וֹחַ אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מ֣וֹת נָמ֑וּת כִּ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים רָאִֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Manoah to wife his surely.(die) we.will.die (dm) God we.have.seen

*JPS 1917:* And Manoah said unto his wife: 'We shall surely die, because we have seen God.'

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[Judges 13:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.13.13/)

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וַיֹּ֛אמֶר מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מָנ֑וֹחַ מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָמַ֥רְתִּי אֶל־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה תִּשָּׁמֵֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the.angel of.Yahweh to Manoah from all that I.said to the woman she.will.take.care

*JPS 1917:* And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah: 'Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.

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