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title: מַעֲנֶה — answer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲנֶה (4617), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: answer. BDB 1906: n.m. answer, response. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַעֲנֶה

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«מַעֲנֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **answer** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 4617 · **BDB:** מַעֲנֶה²

### Glosses

an.answer (4); \[the\].answer (1); answer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

answer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4617/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. answer, response [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4617/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 15:1 answer, response;—abs. מ׳־רַךְ Pr 15:1 a gentle answer; cstr. מַעֲנֵה פִּיו v 23, cf. מ׳ לָשׁוֹן 16:1 (i.e. ability to answer); מ׳ אֱלֹהִים Mi 3:7 i.e. response for guidance; abs. also Pr 29:19 response = obedience; Jb 32:3, 5 reply, refutation; sf. לַמַּעֲנֵהוּ Pr 16:4 = for its purpose, that for which it answers (v. Toy).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַעֲנֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4617/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 15:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.1/)

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מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּדְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף׃

*Word for word:* an.answer soft it.turns.away rage and a.word of.hurt it.raises anger

*JPS 1917:* A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

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[Proverbs 16:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.1/)

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לְאָדָ֥ם מַֽעַרְכֵי־לֵ֑ב וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה מַעֲנֵ֥ה לָשֽׁוֹן׃

*Word for word:* \[belong\].to a.person \[the\].plans of.\[the\].heart and.\[is\] from Yahweh \[the\].answer of.\[the\].tongue

*JPS 1917:* The preparations of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

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