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H4487 מָנָה (mânâh) maw-naw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll

KJV Usage: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מָנָה (ma.nah) — to count. 1) to count, reckon, number, assign, tell, appoint, prepare 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to count, number 1a2) reckon, assign, appoint 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be counted, be numbered 1b2) to be reckoned, be assigned 1c) (Piel) to appoint, ordain 1d) (Pual) appointed (participle) Aramaic equivalent: me.nah (מְנָה "to reckon/appoint" H4483)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · מֵן · מָנָה · מֹנֶה · מְנִי · מְנָת

Measure | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb nif | ≈ מִסְפָּר · ספר

to count, to number = action with which one determines or estimates the number of a collection of persons, objects, or events

GEN 13:16 · GEN 13:16 · NUM 23:10 · 2SA 24:1 · 1KI 3:8 · 1KI 8:5 · 1KI 20:25 · 2KI 12:11 · 1CH 21:1 · 1CH 21:17 · 1CH 27:24 · 2CH 5:6 · PSA 90:12 · PSA 147:4 · ECC 1:15 · JER 33:13 · DAN 5:26

Compare | verb nif

to be counted among = state in which humans hold the opinion that a particular person is to be identified with, considered similar to, or to be equated with another person or group

ISA 53:12

Engage | verb pi

to be apportioned, to be allotted = process by which humans undergo a certain event, ◄ as if it were measured out and assigned to them

JOB 7:3

Engage | verb qal

to assign = causative action by which deities causes humans to undergo a certain event, ◄ as if by measuring it out and assigning it to them

ISA 65:12

Quantity | verb pi

to assign = causative action by which people in authority make a decision regarding a certain quantity of food items to be given to individuals or groups of people on a regular basis

DAN 1:5 · DAN 1:10

Role | verb pi, verb pa, verb pu'al

to appoint = causative action by which humans or deities give someone else a certain responsibility or position of authority with regards to an object, a group of people, or a certain task

1CH 9:29 · EZR 7:25 · PSA 61:8 · DAN 1:11 · DAN 2:24 · DAN 2:49 · DAN 3:12 · JON 2:1 · JON 4:6 · JON 4:7 · JON 4:8

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מָנָה vb. count, number, reckon, assign Qal count, number

reckon, assign, appoint

Niph. be counted, numbered

be reckoned, assigned

Pi. appoint, ordain

Pu. appointed

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