ma.no.ach is the proper name of the man identified as the husband of a barren woman and later as a father in Judges.

This proper name identifies the man introduced with his barren wife, who prays concerning their expected child, speaks with the angel, and is later named as a father at a burial site.

1. Personal name in the Judges narrative · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun throughout. In Judges 13:2 the APB renders the introduction of a man whose wife was barren; in Judges 13:8 it renders his prayer for instruction about the child, and in Judges 13:19 it presents him offering a kid and an offering while he and his wife watch. Judges 16:31 uses the name in the phrase “the grave of Manoah his father.”

   Judges 13:2Judges 13:8Judges 13:11Judges 13:19Judges 13:21Judges 16:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the proper name as “Manoah,” including possessive identification in “the grave of Manoah his father” in Judges 16:31. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, this consistency confirms the narrative identification without supplying a separate lexical definition.