H4484 — מְנֵא
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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Mene.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB9673
מְנֵא noun [masculine] maneh, mina, a weight (see Biblical Hebrew; Old Aramaic מנה SAC75 Lzb313); — absolute Dan 5:25 (twice in verse); Dan 5:26, see ClGann:JAs Juillet-Août, 1886, 36 ff. NöZA i. 414 f. Dr and others; its connection in Daniel with מְנָה is due to word-play; see also פְּרֵס , תְּקֵל.
BDB9820
פְּרֵס (read פְּרָס ? M78 * f. ) probably noun [masculine] half-mina (Late Hebrew פְּרָס, Old Aramaic פרס, פרש Lzb354 SAC99 Cooke176, 406; see מְנֵא and references); — absolute ׳ פ Dan 5:28 plural (וּ)פַרְסִין [read פְּרָסִין ? see Ml.c.] Dan 5:25.
BDB10013
תְּקֵל noun [masculine] shekel (see Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל; ᵑ7 תִּקְלָא); — absolute ׳ ת Dan 5:25; Dan 5:27 see מְנֵא and references