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# מַעֲנֶה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4617

**answer** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַעֲנֶה²: n.m. answer, response [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4617/#m2)

**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).

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: an answer (4); \[the\] answer (1); answer (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4617.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4617/): 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).