מָנָה
mânâh · H4490 · Hebrew · 12 occurrences
Meanings
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part, portion
One part of an object (or range of objects) that has been divided into several portions; used of food only
ExamplesExodus 29:26 “Then you shall take the breast of Aaron’s ram of ordination, and wave it as a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your portion.
Leviticus 7:33 ‘The one among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, the right thigh shall be his as his portion.
Leviticus 8:29 Moses also took the breast and presented it as a wave offering before the LORD; it was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הּher 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֶחָדone 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
- אָמַרto say 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַףanger, nose 1
What is done to itIt is the object
7 occurrences in 2 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 5
- שָׁלַחto send, to send away 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 6
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- מִשְׁלוֹחַsending (of gifts) 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- μερίς merís · G3310 · share, portion, district
- Greek μερίς renders Hebrew מָנָה in contexts denoting an allocated share or portion, typically of inheritance, land, or distributed goods; both terms fundamentally denote a measured-out part given to a recipient within a division or distribution framework.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Objects001
- מָנָה denotes a portion or share, the physical item of food or offering allotted to a particular person, as with the priestly portions of sacrificial meat or the double portion Elkanah gives Hannah.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4490. manah מָנָה noun feminine part, portion; — ׳מ Exo 29:26 Exo 29:4t.; (on מְנָָֽתֿ…
מָנָה noun feminine part, portion; — ׳מ Exo 29:26 Exo 29:4t.; (on מְנָָֽתֿ Jer 13:25, compare Psa 16:5, see מְנָת); plural מָנוֺת 1Sa 1:4-5t.; suffix מָֽנוֺתֶ֫הָ Est 2:9; — part, portion, especially choice portion, Exo 29:26; Lev 7:33; Lev 8:29 (all of sacrificial animal; all P); compare 2Ch 31:19; also 1Sa 1:4-5, of distributive of choice bits Neh 8:10, Neh 8:12; Est 9:19, Est 9:22; compare also Est 2:9 (see Dan 1:5, Dan 1:10).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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