מָנָה
mânâh · maw-naw'
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (generally) a division; specifically (of food) a ration; also a lot
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4487 (מָנָה);
properly, something weighed out, i.e. (generally) a division; specifically (of food) a ration; also a lot
- properly, something weighed out, i.e. (generally) a division
- specifically, (of food) a ration
- also, a lot
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: such things as belonged, part, portion.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָנָה 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- portions6 · 43%
- the portion2 · 14%
- and it shall be thy part1 · 7%
- for his part1 · 7%
- part1 · 7%
- portion1 · 7%
- with such things as belonged1 · 7%
- is the portion1 · 7%
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.