מְנַע

מְנַעch. sam(מנעto withhold, refuse, refrain), to diminish; to withhold. Targ. Gen. 22:16. Ib. 30:2. Targ. O. Deut. 13:1 (h. text גרע); a. fr. Ithpe. אִתְמְנַע, אִימְּנַע 1) to be diminished; to cease, omit. Targ. Ex. 5:11 (O. ed. Vien. יִתִּמְנַע; h. text גרע). Ib. 9:29 (h. text חדל). Targ. Deut. 23:23 (O. ed. Vien. תִתִּמְנַע). Targ. Jud. 15:7; a. fr. 2) to restrain ones self; to refuse, shrink. Targ. Ex. 23:2; a. e.Gitt.52b אתי לאִימְּנוּעֵי he might shrink (from becoming a guardian). Y.Sabb.VII, 9b bot. לא מִתְמַנְעִין, v. ה״א; a. e.