Lexical Summary menath: portion Original Word: מְנָתTransliteration: menath Phonetic Spelling: (men-awth') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: portion Meaning: an allotment Strong's Concordance portion From manah; an allotment (by courtesy, law or providence) -- portion. see HEBREW manah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4521. menath [מְנָת] noun feminine portion ( = מָנָה chiefly late; on form compare Ges§ 95n. Lag BN 81, 150); — construct מְנָ֫ת2 Chronicles 31:3 5t.; Plural construct מְנָאוֺת Nehemiah 12:44; מְנָיוֺת 12:47; 13:10; — portion of king, for sacrifice, 2 Chronicles 31:3; priest 31:4; also Nehemiah 12:44 ׳לַכּ הַתּוֺרָה מְנָאוֺת; of Levites 13:10; of singers 12:47; figurative מְנָת כּוֺסָם Psalm 11:6 (of judgment of wicked), compare ׳מ שֻׁעָלִים 63:11; so מְנָֽתמִֿדַּיִךְ Jeremiah 13:25; portion of thy measure = thine allotted portion; read also מְנָתוֺ(הּֿׅ for מִנֶּ֑הוּ Psalm 68:24 (so Ol Dy Bi Che We); in good sense, ׳י וְכוֺסִי חֶלְקִי מְנָת 16:5 ׳י is the portion of my lot and my cup. |
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