Word Study · Strong's H4520 · Hebrew
מְנַשִּׁי
Menashshi
men-ash-shee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Mᵉnashshîy
“a Menashshite or descendant of Menashsheh”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Menashshite or descendant of Menashsheh
Rendered in the KJV as
of Manasseh, Manassites.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- הַֽמְנַשִּׁ֔י1
- הַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃1
- וְהַֽמְנַשִּׁ֑י1
- לַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- the Manassite[s]2
- and the Manassite[s]1
- for the Manassite[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
- preposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)1
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- HTd/Ngmsa · 2
- HC/Td/Ngmsa · 1
- HRd/Ngmsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 4:43לַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃lamnashipreposition with the article + gentilic noun (a people)Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.here: for the Manassite[s]
- Deuteronomy 29:8הַֽמְנַשִּֽׁי׃hamnashithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.here: the Manassite[s]