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Strong's #4513 - מָנַע
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2343) onm (מנאה MNAh) AC: Withhold CO: ? AB: ?
V) onm (מנאה MNAh) - Withhold: KJV (29): (vf: Paal, Niphal) withhold, keep, refrain, deny, hinder, restrain - Strongs: H4513 (מָנַע)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
מָנַע to keep back, to restrain ([“Arab. مذع Chald. id.”], cogn. are מָאַן, and Ethiop. መነነ፡ to reject, to cast aside. [“The primary syllable is נע, which has a negative force; see נוֹא.” Thes.]) Ezekiel 31:15, וָאֶמְנַע נַהֲרוֹתֶיהָ “and I will restrain its floods.”
(1) followed by מִן, to restrain from any thing; 1 Samuel 25:26, 34 1 Samuel 25:34, אֲשֶׁר מְנָעַנִי מֵהָרַע אֹתָךְ “who has restrained me from doing thee evil;” Jeremiah 2:25, מִנְעִי רַנְלֵךְ מִיָּחֵף “withhold thy foot from being unshod,” do not so hasten as to loose thy shoes, Jerem. 31:16.
(2) Followed by an acc. of thing, and מִן of pers. to withhold any thing from any one, Genesis 30:2, אֲשֶׁר מָנַע מִמֵּךְ פְּרִי־בֶטֶן “who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb,” 2 Samuel 13:13; 1 Kings 20:7; Job 22:7 followed by לְּ of pers. Psalms 84:12, etc. In the same sense is said מָנַע פּ׳ מִן Numbers 24:11; Ecclesiastes 2:10.
Niphal.
(1) to be withheld, hindered; Jerem. 3:3, reflex. to let oneself be hindered; Numbers 22:16, followed by מִן with an inf.
(2) to be taken away, followed by מִן Job 38:15. Hence pr.n. יִמְנָע, תִּמְנָע.
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