מְנַשֶּׁה
Mᵉnashsheh · men-ash-sheh'
Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5382 (נָשָׁה); causing to forget;
Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Manasseh.
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
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- 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 consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְנַשֶּׁה 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
146 occurrences · 146 OT · 0 NT · 37 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of manasseh80 · 58%
- and manasseh16 · 12%
- manasseh15 · 11%
- to manasseh2 · 1%
- which manasseh2 · 1%
- tribe of manasseh2 · 1%
- so manasseh2 · 1%
- upon manasseh's1 · 1%
- for manasseh1 · 1%
- unto manasseh's1 · 1%
- and as manasseh1 · 1%
- were manasseh1 · 1%
- of manasseh's1 · 1%
- now manasseh1 · 1%
- it was manasseh's1 · 1%
- and to manasseh1 · 1%
- neither did manasseh1 · 1%
- in manasseh1 · 1%
- throughout all manasseh1 · 1%
- and out of all manasseh1 · 1%
- the manassites1 · 1%
- not: and manasseh1 · 1%
- because manasseh1 · 1%
- moreover manasseh1 · 1%
- that manasseh1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
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.