מָנָהmânâh
count, number, reckon, assign
Pronunciation: maw-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4487
Meanings
Qal
1. count, number (Genesis 13:16; Numbers 23:10; 2 Kings 12:11)
2. reckon, assign, appoint (Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 65:11)
Niph`al
1. be counted, numbered (Genesis 13:16; 1 Kings 3:8; 1 Kings 8:5)
2. be reckoned, assigned (Isaiah 53:12)
Pi`el: appoint, ordain (Daniel 1:10; Daniel 1:11; Job 7:3)
Pu`al: appointed (1 Chronicles 9:29)
Same root
- מְנָאmᵉnâʼ · H4483to count, appoint
- מָנֶהmâneh · H4488properly, a fixed weight or measured amount, i.e. (techn.) a maneh or mina
- מֹנֶהmôneh · H4489properly, something weighed out, i.e. (figuratively) a portion of time, i.e. an instance
- מָנָהmânâh · H4490properly, something weighed out, i.e. (generally) a division; specifically (of food) a ration; also a lot
- מְנִיMᵉnîy · H4507the Apportioner, i.e. Fate (as an idol)
- מְנָתmᵉnâth · H4521an allotment (by courtesy, law or providence)
- תִּמְנָהTimnâh · H8553Timnah, the name of two places in Palestine
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 13:16 And I will give you so many descendants that, like the dust of the earth, they cannot be counted!
- Numbers 23:10 Who can count Jacob’s descendants, as numerous as dust? Who can count even a fourth of Israel’s people? Let me die like the righteous; let my life end like theirs.”
- 2 Samuel 24:1 Once again the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and he caused David to harm them by taking a census. “Go and count the people of Israel and Judah,” the Lord told him.
- 1 Kings 3:8 And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted!
- 1 Kings 8:5 There, before the Ark, King Solomon and the entire community of Israel sacrificed so many sheep, goats, and cattle that no one could keep count!
- 1 Kings 20:25 Recruit another army like the one you lost. Give us the same number of horses, chariots, and men, and we will fight against them on the plains. There’s no doubt that we will beat them.” So King Ben-hadad did as they suggested.
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).