מַעֲנֶה

«מַעֲנֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: answer — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: lemma:מַעֲנֶה · BDB: מַעֲנֶה²

Glosses

purpose (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

answer tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. answer, response tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 15:1 answer, response;—abs. מ׳־רַךְ Pr 15:1 a gentle answer; cstr. מַעֲנֵה פִּיו v 23, cf. מ׳ לָשׁוֹן 16:1 (i.e. ability to answer); מ׳ אֱלֹהִים Mi 3:7 i.e. response for guidance; abs. also Pr 29:19 response = obedience; Jb 32:3, 5 reply, refutation; sf. לַמַּעֲנֵהוּ Pr 16:4 = for its purpose, that for which it answers (v. Toy).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מַעֲנֶה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 16:4

כֹּ֤לפָּעַ֣ל יְ֭הוָה לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ וְגַם־רָ֝שָׁ֗ע לְי֣וֹם רָעָֽה׃

Word for word: everything he.makes Yahweh for (the) purpose its and also [the].wicked for a.day of.trouble

JPS 1917: The LORD hath made every things for His own purpose, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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