מְנָאmᵉnâʼ

number, reckon

Pronunciation: men-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4483

Meanings

Pe`al: has numbered (Daniel 5:26)

Pa`el: appoint (Daniel 2:24; Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 7:25 “And you, Ezra, are to use the wisdom your God has given you to appoint magistrates and judges who know your God’s laws to govern all the people in the province west of the Euphrates River. Teach the law to anyone who does not know it.
  • Daniel 2:24 Then Daniel went in to see Arioch, whom the king had ordered to execute the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, “Don’t kill the wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him the meaning of his dream.”
  • Daniel 2:49 At Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be in charge of all the affairs of the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.
  • Daniel 3:12 But there are some Jews—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—whom you have put in charge of the province of Babylon. They pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They refuse to serve your gods and do not worship the gold statue you have set up.”
  • Daniel 5:26 This is what these words mean: Mene means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and has brought it to an end.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).