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
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
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
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
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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