מָנֶה

מָנֶה noun masculine maneh, mina, a weight (perhaps originally a specific part; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian manû Dl^{HWB 417}; Aramaic , מַנְיָא); — ׳מ Ezek 45:12 מָנִים 1Kgs 10:17 + 3 t.; = 50 shekels Ezek 45:12 (on חֲמִשִּׁים for חֲמִשָּׁה see Hi Co); of gold 1Kgs 10:17 of silver Ezra 2:69; Neh 7:71; Neh 7:72. — The weight of the mina was 1/60 of talent; i.e. according to older (Babylonian) standard, 982.2 grammes (= 60 shekels at approximately 16.37 g.) = approximately 2 lbs.; in Ezekiel's time the mina = 50 shekels = 818.6 g. = approximately 1 2/3 lb. (compare כִּכָּר, שֶׁקֶל). See J. Benz^{Archaeology 187 ff.} 194 Now^{Archaeology i. 208 f}.