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title: מֵן — portion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵן (lemma:מֵן), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: portion. BDB 1906: portion. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵן

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«מֵן» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מֵן · **BDB:** מֵן³

### Glosses

portion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

portion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b5_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

portion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b5_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] portion (Sim Hup al.);—מִנֵּה֑וּ ψ 68:24, but read (הּ—ָ) מְנָתוֹ Ol Dy Bi Che We (v. מְנָת supr.).—ψ 45:9; 150:4 v. i. מֵן supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b5_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 68:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.24/)

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לְמַ֤עַן ׀ תִּֽמְחַ֥ץ רַגְלְךָ֗ בְּ֫דָ֥ם לְשׁ֥וֹן כְּלָבֶ֑יךָ מֵאֹיְבִ֥ים מִנֵּֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* so.that it.may.smash foot your in blood the.tongue your.dogs your \[will be\].from.\[the\].enemies portion its

*JPS 1917:* That thy foot may wade through blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.'

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