מֵאֵ֥ן

𐤌𐤀𐤍

mâʼên

refused

To refuse, decline, or reject an offer, request, or command, sometimes with a sense of determined unwillingness or obstinate resistance. The word is often used to express adamant refusal, sometimes with emotional or volitional force, and is not limited to casual or polite declination. In narrative and legal contexts, it denotes an intentional act of not consenting or not granting one’s compliance.

H3985

Numbers 22:14 · Word #8

Lexicon H3985

Lemmaמָאֵן
Lemma (Paleo)𐤌𐤀𐤍
Transliterationmâʼên
Strong'sH3985
DefinitionTo refuse, decline, or reject an offer, request, or command, sometimes with a sense of determined unwillingness or obstinate resistance. The word is often used to express adamant refusal, sometimes with emotional or volitional force, and is not limited to casual or polite declination. In narrative and legal contexts, it denotes an intentional act of not consenting or not granting one’s compliance.

Morphology HVpp3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan p — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

Common Translation

Phraserefused

SIBI-P1 Translation H3985-07

he adamantly refused

Morphological NotesVerb, Piel stem (intensive), perfect conjugation, third person masculine singular.
Rendering RationaleThe root מאן denotes intentional refusal or withholding of consent. The Piel stem heightens the volitional force, conveying a determined or emphatic refusal, and the perfect 3ms form specifies "he refused."

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

he refused

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
RationaleP1's 'he adamantly refused' adds interpretive forcefulness; the SILEX allows for adamance, but the context most simply requires 'he refused', as the narrator summarizes Balaam's response without explicit intensification.
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