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title: מַעֲנֶה — answer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַעֲנֶה (lemma:מַעֲנֶה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: answer. BDB 1906: n.m. answer, response. With 1 verse 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מַעֲנֶה · **BDB:** מַעֲנֶה²

### Glosses

purpose (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

answer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e2_5b2_5e0_5b6_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. answer, response [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e2_5b2_5e0_5b6_5d4/#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, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5e2_5b2_5e0_5b6_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 16:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.4/)

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כֹּ֤לפָּעַ֣ל יְ֭הוָה לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ וְגַם־רָ֝שָׁ֗ע לְי֣וֹם רָעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* everything he.makes Yahweh for (the) purpose its and also \[the\].wicked for a.day of.trouble

*JPS 1917:* The LORD hath made every things for His own purpose, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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