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מָנָה mânâh — properly, to weigh out

pronounced maw-naw' · Strong's H4487 · 28 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 4 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Pi'el, Niph'al, Pu'al

Translated in the KJV as appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.

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

mânâh in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 12×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 5Perfect (qatal) 2Participle (active) 2Imperative 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Wayyiqtol 1

לִמְנוֹת֙ Gen 13:16 Infinitive construct

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. (KJV)

מָנָה֙ Num 23:10 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! (KJV)

מְנֵ֥ה 2Sam 24:1 Imperative, 2nd person masculine singular

And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. (KJV)

Pi'el

Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it

Wayyiqtol 5Perfect (qatal) 3Imperative 1

מִנּוּ Job 7:3 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. (KJV)

מַ֣ן Ps 61:8 Imperative, 2nd person masculine singular

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. (KJV)

וַיְמַן֩ Dan 1:5 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine singular

And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. (KJV)

Niph'al

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Imperfect (yiqtol) 4Infinitive construct 1Perfect (qatal) 1

יִמָּנֶֽה Gen 13:16 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. (KJV)

יִמָּנֶ֛ה 1Kgs 3:8 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. (KJV)

יִמָּנ֖וּ 1Kgs 8:5 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. (KJV)

Pu'al

Intensive · passive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject has it done to them

Participle (passive) 1

מְמֻנִּים֙ 1Chr 9:29 Participle (passive), masculine plural

Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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