{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4513",
  "lemma": "מָנַע",
  "transliteration": "mânaʻ",
  "definition": "to debar (negatively or positively) from benefit or injury",
  "kjv": "deny, keep (back), refrain, restrain, withhold.",
  "occurrences": 28,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מָנַע vb. withhold, hold back",
    "Qal withhold",
    "Niph. be withholden"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 30:2",
      "text": "Jacob’s anger burned against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in God’s place, who has withheld from you the fruit of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:16",
      "text": "They came to Balaam, and said to him, “Balak the son of Zippor says, ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 24:11",
      "text": "Therefore, flee to your place, now! I thought to promote you to great honor; but, behold, the LORD has kept you back…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/24?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 25:26",
      "text": "Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, since the LORD has withheld you from blood guiltiness…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 25:34",
      "text": "For indeed, as the LORD the God of Israel lives, who has withheld me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/25?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 13:13",
      "text": "As for me, where would I carry my shame? And as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 20:7",
      "text": "Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, “Please notice how this man seeks mischief; for he…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 2:25",
      "text": "“Keep your feet from being bare, and your throat from thirst. But you said, ‘It is in vain. No, for I have loved…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/2?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 3:3",
      "text": "Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 5:25",
      "text": "“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/5?v=25"
    }
  ],
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