◄ 4488. maneh ►
Brown-Driver-Briggs מָנֶה noun masculine maneh, mina, a weight (perhaps originally a specific part; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian manû DlHWB 417; Aramaic , מַנְיָא); — ׳מ Ezekiel 45:12; מָנִים 1 Kings 10:17 3t.; = 50 shekels Ezekiel 45:12 (on חֲמִשִּׁים for חֲמִשָּׁה see Hi Co); of gold 1 Kings 10:17; of silver Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:71,72. — The weight of the mina was 1/60 of talent; i.e. according to older (Babylonian) standard, 982.2 grammes (= 60 shekels at approximately 16.37 g.) = approximately 2 lbs.; in Ezekiel's time the mina = 50 shekels = 818.6 g. = approximately 1 3-Feblb. (compare כִּכָּר, שֶׁקֶל). See J. BenzArchaeology 187 ff.194NowArchaeology i. 208 f. Forms and Transliterations הַמָּנֶ֖ה המנה מָנִ֖ים מָנִ֣ים מָנִים֙ מנים ham·mā·neh hammaNeh hammāneh mā·nîm maNim mānîm Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts