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מנה

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
מ־נ־ה (m-n-h)
6 terms

Compare Aramaic מְנָא (mənā, to count, to number), Aramaic מַנְיָא (manyā, mina), Arabic مَنًى (manan, fate, lot, destiny) and Arabic مُنِيَة (muniya, desire)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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מָנָה (maná) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִמְנָה)

  1. to count
  2. to number
  3. to include
  4. to enumerate

Conjugation

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Conjugation of מָנָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לִמְנוֹת
action noun מְנִיָּה
passive participle מָנוּי
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first מָנִיתִי מָנִינוּ
second מָנִיתָ מָנִית מְנִיתֶם1 מְנִיתֶן1
third מָנָה מָנְתָה מָנוּ
present מוֹנֶה מוֹנָה מוֹנִים מוֹנוֹת
future first אֶמְנֶה נִמְנֶה
second תִּמְנֶה תִּמְנִי תִּמְנוּ תִּמְנֶינָה2
third יִמְנֶה תִּמְנֶה יִמְנוּ תִּמְנֶינָה2
imperative positive מְנֵה מְנִי מְנוּ מְנֶינָה2
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Commonly pronounced מָנִיתֶם and מָנִיתֶן in Modern Hebrew (by analogy with other past forms).
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

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Noun

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מָנֶה (maném (plural indefinite מָנִים, singular construct מְנֵה־, plural construct מְנֵי־)

  1. (biblical) mina

Noun

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מָנָה (manáf (plural indefinite מָנוֹת) [pattern: קָטָל]

  1. portion
  2. dose, share, unit, ration
  3. dish (food)
  4. (mathematics) quotient
  5. (slang) rebuke

Verb

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מִנָּה (miná) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of מינה

References

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