Lexical Summary maneh: maneh, mina (a measure of weight or money) Original Word: מָנֶהTransliteration: maneh Phonetic Spelling: (maw-neh') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: maneh, mina (a measure of weight or money) Meaning: a fixed weight, measured amount, a maneh, mina Strong's Concordance maneh, pound From manah; properly, a fixed weight or measured amount, i.e. (techn.) A maneh or mina -- maneh, pound. see HEBREW manah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4488. maneh 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 שֶׁקֶל כִּכָּר,). See J. BenzArchaeology 187 ff.194NowArchaeology i. 208 f. |
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