H4488. maneh

מָנֶה‎ noun masculine maneh, mina, a weight (perhaps originally a specific part; Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian manû Dl^{HWB 417}; Aramaic , מַנְיָא‎); — ׳מ‎ Ezek 45:12; מָנִים‎ 1Kin 10:17 3t.; = 50 shekels Ezek 45:12 (on חֲמִשִּׁים‎ for חֲמִשָּׁה‎ see Hi Co); of gold 1Kin 10:17; of silver Ezra 2:69; Neh 7:71-72,. — The weight of the mina was 1/60 of talent; i.e. according to older (Babylonian) standard, 982.2 grammes (= 60 shekels at approximately 16.37 g.) = approximately 2 lbs.; in Ezekiel's time the mina = 50 shekels = 818.6 g. = approximately 1 3-Feblb. (compare שֶׁקֶל כִּכָּר,‎). See J. Benz^{Archaeology 187 ff.}194Now^{Archaeology i. 208 f}.