H4513
מָנַע
to withhold
1) to withhold, hold back, keep back, refrain, deny, keep restrain, hinder 1a) (Qal) to withhold 1b) (Niphal) to be withheld
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
מָנַע verb withhold, hold back (Late Hebrew id.; Zinjirli מנע DHMSendsch. 60; Arabic ; Sabean מנע Levy-OsZMG xix. 1865, 268; Aramaic מְנַע) —
Qal Perfect ׳מ Gen 30:2 suffix מְנָעַ֫נִי 1Sam 25:34 מָנַ֫עְתָּ Ps 21:3; Neh 9:20, etc.; Imperfect יִמְנַעֿ Ps 84:12 suffix יִמְנָעֵָ֫נִי 2Sam 13:13 etc.; Imperative מְנַע Prov 1:15 מִנְעִי Jer 2:25; Jer 31:16 Participle מֹנֵעַ Prov 11:26; Jer 48:10 — withhold, followed by מִן Gen 30:2 (object פְּרִיבֶֿטֶן), Amos 4:7 (rain), Neh 9:20 (manna; all subject ׳י); Job 22:7 (bread), 1Kgs 20:7 (object omitted; both human subject), so Jer 48:10 (sword), Eccl 2:10 (heart), Jer 5:25 (good), Prov 3:27 (id., Prov 1:15 (foot); Jer 2:25 (id.) Jer 31:16 (voice); further, 2Sam 13:13 (woman), Jer 42:4 (knowledge), Job 31:16 (poor), Prov 23:13 (correction), object omitted ׳י subject Prov 30:7 מִן omitted Prov 11:26 (object corn); compare Ps 21:3 subject ׳י (object אֲרֶשֶׁת שְׂפָתָיו || נָתַן תַּאֲוַת לֵב), Job 20:13 figurative (wickedness), Ezek 31:15 ׳י subject (object rivers); object person ׳י subject followed by מן Num 24:11 followed by מִן + infinitive 1Sam 25:26; 1Sam 25:34 followed by לְ, subject ׳י Ps 84:12 (good). Niph`al Perfect נִמְנַע Joel 1:13 Imperfect יִמָּנַע Job 38:15, etc.; be withholden followed by מִן, subject מִנְחָה etc. Joel 1:13 light from wicked Job 38:15; Num 22:16 (followed by מִן + infinitive); subject showers (רְבִבִים) Jer 3:3.
25 occurrences
Genesis (1), Numbers (2), I Samuel (2), II Samuel (1), I Kings (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (3), Proverbs (4), Ecclesiastes (1), Jeremiah (6), Ezekiel (1), Joel (1), Amos (1)
- Genesis 30:2
- Numbers 22:16
- Numbers 24:11
- I Samuel 25:26
- I Samuel 25:34
- II Samuel 13:13
- I Kings 20:7
- Nehemiah 9:20
- Job 20:13
- Job 31:16
- Job 38:15
- Proverbs 1:15
- Proverbs 11:26
- Proverbs 23:13
- Proverbs 30:7
- Ecclesiastes 2:10
- Jeremiah 2:25
- Jeremiah 3:3
- Jeremiah 5:25
- Jeremiah 31:16
- Jeremiah 42:4
- Jeremiah 48:10
- Ezekiel 31:15
- Joel 1:13
- Amos 4:7