מָנָה
ma.nah
“to count”
Definition
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
a primitive root;
- to count, reckon, number, assign, tell, appoint, prepare 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to count, number 1a2) reckon, assign, appoint 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be counted, be numbered 1b2) to be reckoned, be assigned 1c) (Piel) to appoint, ordain 1d) (Pual) appointed (participle) Aramaic equivalent: me.nah (*מְנָה *"to reckon/appoint" H4483)
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Occurrences
מָנָה appears 24 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
And you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.”And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
What is crooked cannot be straightened,and what is lacking cannot be counted.
In the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev, in the land of Benjamin and the cities surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who counts them, says the LORD.
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