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mnh, mntˀ (mənā, mənāṯā/māntā) n.f. part, portion
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part, portion
Common (except: OA, BA)
TAD B5.1 R.3↗ יהבן לכי פלג מנ[ת]א זי יהבו לן דיני מלכא ורוך רבחילא חלף פלג מנתא זי מטתכי עם נאהבת‏ : we hereby give you half of the portion that the royal judges and general PN1 have given us in place of half the portion that came to you from PN2 ; PAT1791:1.5↗ mnwn tlt dy mˁrtˀ dy dqbwrˀ : three parts of the burial cave ; TgJ 1Sam9:23↗ הַב יָת מָנְתָא דִיהַבִית לָך‏ : give me the portion that I gave you ; AphDem6.120:11↗ ܘܠܟܘܠ ܡܗܝ̈ܡܢܐ܂ ܡܢܬܐ ܡܢܬܐ ܡܛܠ ܐܢܘܢ‏ : for all believers he loads them with parts of Himself ; P Gn14:24↗ ܡܢ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܓܒܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܙܠܘ ܥܡܝ‏ : the portions belonging to the men who went with me ; P Gn31:14↗ ܬܘܒ ܠܝܬ ܠܢ ܡܢܬܐ ܘܝܪܬܘܬܐ ܒܝܬ ܐܒܘܢ‏ : we no longer have portion or inheritance in our father's house ; BT BM 105a(20)↗ מנכישנא שיעור מנתיך‏ : I am going to weed the amount of your portion ; BT BM 109b(20)↗ אנת שקול מנתא דידך והב ליה לארישא ומנתא דידי מאי דבעינא עבידנא בה‏ : you, take your portion and give it to the tenant farmer. I shall do whatever I want with my portion ; ATS 1.1:450↗ kul had baiia mnatẖ : each asking for its portion ; TgIChron 12:41↗ מנן דדבלין ואתכלין דענבין‏ : portions of pressed figs and clusters of grapes ; TgEsth2 2:9(0)↗ ואוחי ית צבתא וית מנוותא למתן לה‏ : he hurried to give her the ornamentation and rations (?)
(1)
class, member of a group
Syr
Ps-Clem Recogs 3.182:3↗ ܕܒܙܘܥܬܗܘܢ ܠܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܡ̈ܢܘܢ ܦܪ̈ܝܫܝܢ‏ : those which are divided into two classes by their motion
(1)
(gram.) ܕܡܹܐܡܪܵܐ or ܕܡܠܬܐ : part of speech
Syr
BHGr 3:23 text not cited ; BHGr 4:18 text not cited
(2)
+ דמלכא : a tax
JBA
BT BQ 113b(41)↗ האי דמשתכח בבי דרי, פרע מנתא דמלכא, והני מילי בשותפי‏ : that which (or: he who?) is located on the threshing floor pays off the king's portion, and these statements concern partners
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particle, fragment
Syr
HippAp 17(20)↗ ܠܠܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܢܬܐ ܐܦܐܓܘܪܗܘܛܝܩܝܬܐ‏ ; P Mt5:36↗ ܡܸܢܬ݂ܵܐ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܕ݁ܣܲܥܪܵܐ ܐܘ݂ܟ̇ܵܡܬ̇ܵܐ܂ ܐܲܘ ܚܸܘܵܪܬ̇ܵܐ‏
(1)
remains, relic
Syr
Act14congr2 127:13 ܡܢܬܐ ܡܢ ܩܕ܊ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ‏ ; JARS<sup>3</sup> 50:14 ܡ̈ܢܵܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܩܕܝ̈ܫܐ ܕܬܡܢ‏ : the relics of the saints of there
(2)
(math, astron) a degree
Syr
(3)
ܡ܊ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܦܠܓܐ : atom
Syr
BhBS.Phys 2.1.2 text not cited
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idioms
(1)
ܡܢܬܐ ܡܢܬܐ : one after the other
Syr
AphDem6.120:11↗ ܡܢܬܐ ܡܢܬܐ ܡܛܠ ܐܢܘܢ ܡܢܗ‏ : he loads them with part after part of Himself
(2)
ܣܡ ܡܢܬܗ ܥܡ : to associate with
Syr
OS LkCur12:46↗ ܘܢܣܝܡ ܡܢܬܗ ܥܡ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܠܐ ܡܗܝܡܢܝܢ‏ : he shall treat him as an associate [C stem] of those who do not believe ; LG 5:10(1)↗ ܪܵܗܸܛ ܐܲܢܼܬ ܥܲܡ ܓܲܢܵܒܸ̈ܐ ܘܣܵܐܸܡ ܐܲܢܼܬ ܡܢܵܬܵܟ ܥܲܡ ܓܲܝܵܪܸ̈ܐ‏ : you run with thieves and associate [G stem] with adulterers
(3)
(philos.) ܕܡ̈ܝܝ ܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ : homoiomeries
Syr
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pl. mnāwān, mnāwāṯā; emph.sg. JLA מָנְתָא , Syr. ܡܢܵܬܵܐ‏
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 785[394]DJPA: 317aDJBA: 688bJastrow: 803Drower/Macuch: 275a, 22b, 247aPayne-Smith ~: 2162J. Payne-Smith: 283Levy Ch-W: 2:46DNWSI: 657DCPA[Schulthess]: 236[114]

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