מְנֵא

מְנֵא noun [masculine] maneh, mina, a weight (see Biblical Hebrew; Old Aramaic מנה SAC⁷⁵ Lzb³¹³); — absolute Dan 5:25 (twice in verse); Dan 5:26, see ClGann^{:JAs Juillet-Août, 1886, 36 ff.} Nö^{ZA i. 414 f.} Dr and others; its connection in Daniel with מְנָה is due to word-play; see also פְּרֵס, תְּקֵל.

פְּרֵס (read פְּרָס ? M^{78 * f.}) probably noun [masculine] half-mina (Late Hebrew פְּרָס, Old Aramaic פרס, פרש Lzb³⁵⁴ SAC⁹⁹ Cooke^{176, 406}; see מְנֵא and references); — absolute ׳פ Dan 5:28 plural (וּ)פַרְסִין [read פְּרָסִין ? see M^l.c.] vDan 5:25.

תְּקֵל noun [masculine] shekel (see Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל; ᵑ7 תִּקְלָא); — absolute ׳ת Dan 5:25; Dan 5:27 see מְנֵא and references