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מְנָת

menat · portion

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4521 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

menat (מְנָת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “portion”.

The share that falls to someone, by law or by distribution.

How to say it

me·nat

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The fixed ration given to someone, above all to those who serve in the temple.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • portion ×4
  • portions ×3

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 2 Chronicles 31:3

    The portion of the king from his possessions was for the burnt offerings: for the burnt offerings of the morning and of the evening, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths and for the new moons and for the appointed times, as it is written in the law of YHWH.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:4

    He told the people, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and of the Levites, so that they might hold firm to the law of YHWH.

  • Nehemiah 12:44

    And on that day men were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the contributions, for the first part and for the tithes, to gather into them, from the fields of the cities, the portions of the law for the priests and for the Levites; for the rejoicing of Judah was over the priests and over the Levites who stood in their place.

  • Nehemiah 12:47

    And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, were giving the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, what was due each day on its day; and they consecrated them for the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them for the sons of Aaron.

  • Nehemiah 13:10

    And I learned that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and the Levites and the singers who did the work had fled, each to his field.

  • Psalms 11:6

    He will rain upon the wicked snares, fire and sulfur; and a scorching wind will be the portion of their cup.

  • Psalms 63:10

    They will be handed over into the hands of the sword; a portion for foxes they will be.