מָנָה

Genesis 13:16 לִמְנוֹת֙ יִמָּנֶֽה׃ to count, it will numbered

I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

Here: 'To count, number.' The root behind the word 'mina' (a measured weight). It means a deliberate tally or inventory.

Numbers 23:10 מָנָה֙ has he counted

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

Here: The verb is in the perfect, 'who has counted?', though most translations make it 'who can count?' Counting something can be a way of taking control of it. Balaam is admitting he cannot get Israel's measure.

2 Samuel 24:1 מְנֵ֥ה count

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.”

Here: “Count!” The word means plain counting, but verse 2 shows what this count is: a muster (the verb pāqad, “register, muster”) of fighting men (v. 9, “men who drew the sword”).

1 Kings 3:8 יִמָּנֶ֛ה it will be numbered

Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.

1 Kings 8:5 יִמָּנ֖וּ they were numbered

There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

1 Kings 20:25 תִֽמְנֶה־ you will muster

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.

2 Kings 12:10 וַיִּמְנ֔וּ and they counted

Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD, and tie it up in bags.

1 Chronicles 9:29 מְמֻנִּים֙ [were] appointed

Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.

Here: A passive form, "those assigned." The root means to count or allot, so the picture is men told off by number to a set charge. It fits verse 28, where the same men count the articles in and out.

1 Chronicles 21:1 לִמְנ֖וֹת to count

Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

Here: "To count." In context this is a military count: verse 5 reports the number of "men who drew the sword." It is a royal muster, not a neutral population survey.

1 Chronicles 21:17 לִמְנ֣וֹת to count

And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”

1 Chronicles 27:24 לִמְנוֹת֙ to count

Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.

2 Chronicles 5:6 יִמָּנ֖וּ they were numbered

There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

Job 7:3 מִנּוּ־ people have allotted

So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.

Psalm 61:7 מַ֣ן appoint

May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.

Here: A very short and unusual form, normally taken as a command: 'appoint! assign!' God is asked to commission chesed and emet to a post, the way a king assigns guards. Because the form is rare, ancient translators struggled with it (see textual notes).

Psalm 90:12 לִמְנ֣וֹת to count

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

Here: The preposition 'to' plus the infinitive 'counting'. It is placed first for emphasis: what God is asked to teach is *the counting* of our days, a tally that shows how few they are (v. 10: seventy, maybe eighty years).

Psalm 147:4 מוֹנֶ֣ה [he is] counting

He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name.

Here: A participle, 'the one counting', describing what God habitually does, not a single act at creation. The verb can also mean to allot or assign, so 'counting' may shade into 'fixing' the number.

Ecclesiastes 1:15 לְהִמָּנֽוֹת׃ to be numbered

What is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.

Isaiah 53:12 נִמְנָ֑ה he was numbered

Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

Here: 'He was counted.' The verb is passive: others classed him with the rebels. He was treated and executed as one of them (compare his grave 'with the wicked', v.9).

Isaiah 65:12 וּמָנִ֨יתִי and I will appoint

I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Here: "And I will count you out / allot you." The verb is chosen for its sound: it echoes Meni, the god of Destiny the people had been feeding in v. 11. They poured drinks to 'Allotment'; now the LORD does the allotting.

Jeremiah 33:13 מוֹנֶ֖ה [one who] counts

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.

Daniel 1:5 וַיְמַן֩ and he assigned

The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the king’s service.

Daniel 1:10 מִנָּ֔ה he has assigned

but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”

Daniel 1:11 מִנָּה֙ he had assigned

Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

Jonah 1:17 וַיְמַ֤ן and he appointed

Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.

Here: In this intensive form the verb means to assign or appoint someone or something to a task. Yahweh gives the fish a job; nothing is said about creating it. The same verb comes back for the plant, the worm and the east wind in chapter 4.

Jonah 4:6 וַיְמַ֣ן and he appointed

So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

Jonah 4:7 וַיְמַ֤ן and he appointed

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

Jonah 4:8 וַיְמַ֨ן and he appointed

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Here: God "assigns" or "designates" the wind for a task. It is the fourth and last use of this verb in Jonah: the fish (1:17), the plant (4:6), the worm (4:7), and now the wind. Each time, creation is put to work on Jonah.