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# מְנָה

Biblical Aramaic

**number** — used 5 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

number [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְנָה: vb. number, reckon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. number, reckon (v. BH);— Pf. 3 ms. מ׳ Dn 5:26 God has numbered (the days of) thy kingdom (acc.; i.e. put an end to it);—מְנֵא v. infr. appoint, acc. pers.: Pf. 3 ms. מַנִּי Dn 2:24 (+ Inf.), v 49 (ל pers. + עַל rei); 2 ms. מַנִּיתָ 3:12 (עַל rei); Imv. ms. מֶנִּי (K§ 47, 3, c)) Ezr 7:25.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: appoint (1); he appointed (1); he had appointed (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 5:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.26/#tree)

דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־אֱלָהָ֥א מַלְכוּתָ֖ךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* this \[is\].the.interpretation of the.matter mene he.has.numbered (the) God kingdom your and he has.finished.it

*JPS 1917:* This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end.

[Daniel 2:49](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.49/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.49/#tree)

וְדָנִיֵּאל֙ בְּעָ֣א מִן־מַלְכָּ֔א וּמַנִּ֗י עַ֤ל עֲבִֽידְתָּא֙ דִּ֚י מְדִינַ֣ת בָּבֶ֔ל לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ וְדָנִיֵּ֖אל בִּתְרַ֥ע מַלְכָּֽא׃פ

*Word for word:* and Daniel he.asked from the king and he.appointed over the administration (diy).of the.province of.Babylon (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego and Daniel \[was\].in the.gate the king

*JPS 1917:* And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the gate of the king.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5e0_5b8_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).