- מְנָת
- מְנָתf. (b. h.; מָנָה) 1) portion, share. B. Bath.12a מ׳ בכרםוכ׳ I sell thee a portion of my vineyard.מְנַת המלך the kings share (annona). Ned.62b; B. Bath.8a, v. מִנְדָּה. Ab. Zar.71a הפס עלי מ׳ מלך settle for me the annona (in kind or money). 2) appointment; בִּמְנַת, עַל מְנַת (abbrev. ע״מ) on condition that, for the sake of. Tosef.Dem.VI, 13 ואם התנה עמו במ׳ כן ed. Zuck. (Var. … מתחלהע״מ לעשות כן) but if he originally had made that agreement (of dividing the profits) with him. Ib. VII, 3 ע״מ שהמעשרות שלי with the condition that the tithes be mine. Y.B. Mets.V, 10b bot. במ׳ לעלות לווכ׳ with the condition that he will give him (as his share) one new-born animal or one crop of wool. Ab. I, 3, v. עֶבֶד. Tosef.Snh.XI, 2 יודע אני וע״מ כן אני עושה I know (the nature of the offence and its penalty), and on that condition I am committing it; Mekh. Mishp. s. 20 יודע אניע״מ כן (read: וע״מ). Kidd.6b מתנהע״מ להחזיר a present made with the condition that it shall be returned (possession for the time being); a. v. fr.Ab. Zar.37a, a. fr. כל האומרע״מ … מעכשיו דמי if a man says ‘on condition, it is to be considered as if he had said ‘from now, i. e. the stipulated transaction takes retrospective effect when the condition is fulfilled.B. Bath. X, 8 (175b) על מְנָתוֹ הלוהו Ar. (ed. אמונתו, v. אֱמוּנָה) he extended the loan to him (the friend) on the condition which he (the guarantor) offered.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.