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mny vb. to count, to number
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Gpəˁalto count, to number3 senses▶
1
to count, to number
Common Aramaic
P Gn13:16↗ ܠܡܡܢܐ ܥܦܪܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ‏ ; P 2S24:2↗ ܘܡܢܝ ܠܝ ܥܡܐ‏ ; BT Hag 17b(21)↗ מצוה למימני יומי ומצוה למימני שבועי‏ : it is a commandment to count the days (of the 'omer) and a commandment to count the weeks
(1)
ܡܵܢܸܐ : one who counts : see s.v. mnˀ kwkbˀ, mnˀ mlwšˀ
Syr
(2)
to number the days of
BADan
Dan 5:26↗ מְנָה־אֱלָהָא מַלְכוּתָךְ וְהַשְׁלְמַהּ‏ : God has numbered your reign and finished it off
2
to count as, to reckon as
Syr
AphDem7.135:21↗ ܥܡ ܚܝܠܗ ܡܢܐ ܘܚܫܒ ܠܗ‏ : he counts and reckons him one of his army ; JS_Elijah 4:401↗ ܘܡܲܢ ܠܵܐ ܢܸܡܢܼܝܗ݀ ܛܵܒܬܵܐ ܪܲܒܬܵܐ‏ : who would not reckon it a great good
3
to recite, chant
(1)
+עַל פוֹם : to recite to music with an instrument (?)
JLAtg
TgO Gen4:21↗ רַבְהוֹן דְכֹל דְמָנַן עַל פוֹם נִבלָא‏ ; TgJ Amos6:5↗ דְמָנַן"דמנגן" עַל פוֹם נִבלָא כְדָוִיד‏
(2)
to recite an incantation
JBAmb, Man
JBABowl 17.1:5↗ ומניתי עליכון רוחין ושי{ק}<ד>ין‏ ; ShPDm 615↗ lmanuiia amarlun mnun : to reciters (of incantations) he says "recite!"
Dpaˁˁelto appoint, assign3 senses▶
1
to appoint, assign
Common (except: OA, Syr)
Ezra 7:25↗ מֶנִּי שָׁפְטִין וְדַיָּנִין‏ : appoint (imv.) judges and magistrates ; Dan 2:24↗ אַרְיוֹךְ דִּי מַנִּי מַלְכָּא לְהוֹבָדָה לְחַכִּימֵי בָבֶל‏ : PN whom the king had appointed to destroy the sages of Babylon ; TgO Gen41:41↗ וַאֲמַר פַרעֹה לְיוֹסֵף חֲזִי דְמַנִיתִי יָתָך עַל כֹל ארעא דמצרים‏ ; BT Pes 110a(27)↗ אשמדאי מלכא דשידי ממני אזוי‏ : Ashmedai, the king of the demons, is appointed over even numbered (things) ; Anan 111:24↗ לאגמורך דלמילי קלילתא ממנונן דיני בכל דוכתא דאית בהון ישראל‏ : to teach you that we have been appointed judges wherever there is Israel
(1)
to ordain
Gal
PTTan 68.a:22[2]↗ ר׳ הוה ממני תרין מינויין‏ : Rabbi used to make two ordinations
(2)
w. inanimate object
JLAtg, Man
TgJ Is9:9↗ וֻדטָבִין מִנְהוֹן נְמַנֵי נִכסַיָא אִתבְזִיזוּ וֻדשַפִירִין מִנְהוֹן נִקנֵי‏ : we will assign property that is better than those that have been captured as booty, and we will acquire those nicer than they are ; TgJ Jer40:5↗ וֻמַנִי לֵיה רַב קָטוֹלַיָ מַתְנָן וֻמנִיזבָן וְשַלְחֵיה‏ : the chief executioner assigned him gifts and supplies and released him
(3)
to assign as punishment
LJLA
TgIIChron 16:10↗ ומנייה בבית אסירי‏ : he put him in prison
2
to add
Syr
BBah 1101:12↗ text not cited
3
w. על, לוקבל : to array against
JLAtg, PTA
TgJ Ez23:24↗ עַמְמִין דִמזָיְנִין בַעֲגִילִין וְקוֹלְסִין יְמַנוּן עֲלַך סְחוֹר סְחוֹר‏ : they shall array against you[=MT יָשִׂימוּ עָלַיִךְ] nations armed with shields and helmets ; FTP Ex15:3↗ נמני לקובליהון‏ : let us array (ourselves?!) opposite them
Cˀafˁelto designate1 sense▶
to designate
JBA
BT Pes 92b(24)↗ דלא אמני נפשיה בהדי בני חבורה‏ : he did not designate himself as a participant with the members of a company
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be counted2 senses▶
1
to be counted
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
GenApoc 21.13↗ ואף זרעך לא יתמנה‏ ; TgO Gen16:10↗ אַסגֵי יָת בְנַכִי וְלָא יִתמְנוֹן מִסגֵי‏ : I shall increase your children and the shall not be counted because of their large amount ; TgJ Jer33:22↗ כְמָא דְלֵית אִפשָר דְיִתמְנוּן חֵילֵי שְמַיָא‏ : just as the hosts of heaven cannot be counted ; GT AA Exod12:4↗ ואן זעירין אנון {א}<ע>מה דביתה כמס{ד}<ת> למתמניה עם אמרי פסחה‏ : if the people of the house are too few in number for the paschal lambs ; P Gn13:16↗ ܙܪܥ݁ܟ ܢܬܡܢܐ‏ ; P Ho2:1↗ ܚܠܐ ܕܝܡܐ/ܕܒܝܡܐ/ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܬܟܝܠ ܘܠܐ ܡܬܡܢܐ‏ : the sand of the sea that cannot be measured and not counted ; BT RH 2b(4)↗ אמנו עליה מאדר, ולא אמלכוה עד חד בניסן‏ : (the years of rule) were counted for him from Adar, but they did not enthrone him until the first of Nisan ; PJ Gen7:11↗ דעד כדון לא הוו מתמנן ירחייא אלהן מתשרי‏ : for up to now the months had only been counted from Tishrei
(1)
to be counted in favor of, to decide for
JBA
BT Git 56b(15)↗ ואימנו חשיבי דרומאי לאותבך ברישא‏ : the Roman worthies have decided to make you leader
(2)
ܠܐ ܡ܊ : to be uncountable
Syr
IshDeut 135:6↗ ܐܟܙܢܐ ܠܡ ܕܟܠܗܘܢ ܥܡ̈ܡܐ ܠܐ ܡܬܡܢܝܢ ܒܣܓܝܐܘܬܗܘܢ‏ : just as all the nations are uncountable in their numerousness ; SinnerSatan1 35↗ ܪ̈ܵܚܡܸܐ ܐܼܝܬ ܠܸܟܝ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܬܡܢܸܝܢ‏ : you have innumerable lovers
2
to be registered
Nabatean
NabCvLet 2:.14↗ wttṁṅˀ̇ gntˀ bˀṫr ˀrkls dnh : the garden is to be registered in this PN's location
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be appointed2 senses▶
1
to be appointed
Qumran, Gal, PTA, LJLA
TNM Ex24:11↗ עולמייא שפיריא דהוון מתמנן על בני ישראל‏ : the fine lads who had been appointed over the Israelites ; PJ Lev4:15↗ תריסר סבי כנישתא דמתמנן אמרכולין על תריסר שיבטיא‏ : the twelve elders of the community who were appointed as controllers over the twelve tribes
(1)
to be designated, assigned
JLAtg, PTA, JBA
TgJ Ez32:25↗ בְגוֹ קְטִילַיָא אִתמַנַא בֵית מִשכַבהוֹן‏ : their resting place has been assigned among the dead ; GT Z Gen44:18↗ דהוא מתמני עמן מן שבטיה‏ : who is counted with us as one of the tribes
2
to be ordained
Gal
PTBik 65.d:16[2]↗ ולא קביל עלויי מתמניה‏ : he didn't agree to be ordained
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BA pael imv. מֶנִּי !
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For the connection with musical skill it the JLA targumic tradition compare mnh #3 "string", though a correction to forms of mgn vb. is not to be excluded.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 781[394]DJPA: 317bDJBA: 686bJastrow: 800Drower/Macuch: 274aPayne-Smith: 2162J. Payne-Smith: 281Levy Ch-W: 2:47Tal Sam: 477aDNWSI: 660DCPA[Schulthess]: 237[114]BarBahlul: 1101:12Qumran: 144

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