מְנָא
mᵉnâʼ · men-aw'
to count, appoint
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or מְנָה; (Aramaic), corresponding to H4487 (מָנָה);
to count, appoint
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: number, ordain, set.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְנָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- set1 · 20%
- had ordained1 · 20%
- and he set1 · 20%
- thou hast set1 · 20%
- hath numbered1 · 20%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.