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Job 38:15
“And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָנַעmânaʻ · maw-nah'
H4513 · Hebrew
H4513 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- יִמָּנַ֣ע — verb Niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 29 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 30:2Numbers 22:16Numbers 24:111 Samuel 25:261 Samuel 25:34
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָנַע here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.