מִשְׁנֶה

n. [m.] double, copy, second;—abs. מ׳ Gn 41:43 +; cstr. מִשְׁנֵה Je 16:18 + 3 times, so read also Dt 15:18 (van d. H., > -נֶה Gi), Je 17:18 (Gie Buhl al.); sf. מִשְׁנֵהוּ 1 S 8:2 +; pl. מִשְׁנִים 1 Ch 15:18 (1 S 15:9; Ezr 1:10. v. infr.);— (the) double: כֶּסֶף מ׳ Gn 43:12 (J) money of double amount, cf. מ׳ כֶּסֶף v 15 (J), a double amount (in) money (Ges§ 131q); לֶחֶם מ׳ Ex 16:22 (P); מ׳ עַל אֲשֶׁר וגו׳ v 5 (P) the double above what they gathered daily; מִשְׁנֵה שְׂכַר שָׂכִיר Dt 15:18 (v. Dr); מ׳ עֲוֹנָם Je 16:18 the double of their guilt, 17:18 (v. supr.); a double portion Is 61:7(×2); Zc 9:12; Jb 42:10. written copy of law Dt 17:18; Jos 8:32 (D). second in order: second rank, מִרְכֶּבֶת הַמּ׳ Gn 41:43 (J), רֶכֶב הַמּ׳ 2 Ch 35:24; of pers. one second in rank, priest next to high-priest, (הַ)מ׳ 2 K 23:4; 25:18 = Je 52:24; אֶהְיֶה־לְּךָ לְמ׳ 1 S 23:17, מִשְׁנֵה הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Ch 28:7, מ׳ לַמֶּלֶךְ Est 10:3; 1 Ch 15:18; 16:5; 2 Ch 31:12; מ׳ מֵאֶחָיו Ne 11:17.—1 S 15:9 read (cf. 𝔖 𝔗) הַמַּשְׁמַנִּים (Ne 8:10) Th, הַשְּׁמַנִּים or הַשְּׁמֵנִים We Dr Bu, etc. (Ez 34:16); מִשׁ׳ Ezr 1:10 is appar. corruption of a numeral. second in age, 1 S 8:2; 17:13; 2 S 3:3; 1 Ch 5:12. second quarter, district, of city, הַמִּשְׁנֶה 2 K 22:14 = 2 Ch 34:22, Zp 1:10, cf. הָעִיר מִשְׁנֶה Ne 11:9 over the city, viz. the second quarter.