Lexicon
מַעֲנָה
ma.a.nah
H4618
H:N-F Hebrew

furrow

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Books
Hebrew
Language

ma.a.nah denotes a furrow, whether as a measure of ground in a field or as the long tracks made by plowing.

The attested uses refer to a furrow in agricultural ground: once as a field measurement and once as the long lines produced by plowing.

Senses in use

  1. Furrow in a field or made by plowing · dominant

    In 1 Samuel 14:14, the singular absolute form occurs in the statement that the slaughter was within “half a furrow's length in a field.” In Psalm 129:3, plural construct forms occur with plowers who “have made their furrows long.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “furrow's length” in 1 Samuel 14:14 and “furrows” in Psalm 129:3. These renderings confirm the agricultural setting without isolating every form exactly.

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