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title: מְנָת — portion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְנָת (4521), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: portion. BDB 1906: n.f. portion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְנָת

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«מְנָת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **portion** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 4521 · **BDB:** מְנָת

### Glosses

the.portion (4); the.portions (3); \[is\].the.portion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

portion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4521/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. portion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4521/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. portion (= מָנָה, chiefly late; on form cf. Ges§ 95 n. LagBN 81, 150);—cstr. מְנָ֫ת 2 Ch 31:3 + 5 times; Pl. cstr. מְנָאוֹת Ne 12:44; מְנָיוֹת Ne 12:47; 13:10;—portion of king, for sacrifice, 2 Ch 31:3; of priest v 4; also Ne 12:44 מְנָאוֹת הַתּוֹרָה לַכּ׳; of Levites 13:10; of singers 12:47; fig. מְנָת כּוֹסָם ψ 11:6 (of judgment of wicked), cf. מ׳ שֻׁעָלִים ψ 63:11; so מְנָֽת־מִדַּיִךְ Je 13:25 portion of thy measure=thine allotted portion; read also מְנָתוֹ(-הּ) for מִנֵּ֑הוּ ψ 68:24 (so Ol Dy Bi Che We); in good sense, י׳ מְנָת חֶלְקִי וְכוֹסִי ψ 16:5 י׳ is the portion of my lot and my cup.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְנָת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4521/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 63:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.63.11/)

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יַגִּירֻ֥הוּ עַל־יְדֵי־חָ֑רֶב מְנָ֖ת שֻׁעָלִ֣ים יִהְיֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* people will.pour.him over \[the\].hands of.\[the\].sword \[the\].portion of.foxes they.will.be

*JPS 1917:* They shall be hurled to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes.

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[Psalms 16:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.16.5/)

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יְֽהוָ֗ה מְנָת־חֶלְקִ֥י וְכוֹסִ֑י אַ֝תָּ֗ה תּוֹמִ֥יךְ גּוֹרָלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh \[is\].the.portion my.possession my and cup my you \[are\].holding lot my

*JPS 1917:* O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.

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