mena · count, appoint

What it means

mena (מְנָא) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “count, appoint”.

To count; to appoint someone to an office (Aramaic).

How to say it

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. Reckon the number (Aramaic).
2. To put someone in an office or assign him a duty (Aramaic).

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

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

• appoint ×1
• had appointed ×1
• has counted ×1
• he appointed ×1
• you appointed ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Ezra×1
• Daniel×4

• Ezra 7:25

  And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your Elah which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are in the other side of the river, all who know the laws of your Elah; and whoever does not know them, you shall make them known.

• Daniel 2:24

  Because of this Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said this to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and the interpretation to the king I will declare.”

• Daniel 2:49

  And Daniel made a request of the king, and he appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; and Daniel was at the gate of the king.

• Daniel 3:12

  There are certain Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men have paid no attention to you, O king; your gods they do not serve, and to the image of gold that you set up they do not bow down.”

• Daniel 5:26

  This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, Elah has counted your kingdom and brought it to an end.