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Manahi

1. (loan) (location) Manasseh.

I a Manahi te whenua o Tapua: ko Tapua ia i te rohe o Manahi, i ngā tama a Epariama tērā (PT Hohua 17:8). / Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.

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2. (loan) (personal name) Manasseh.

…ā e mea ana rātou nō ngā hapū o Eparaima rāua ko Manahi rātou (TH 10/1860:2). / …and they say that they belong to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh.

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3. (loan) (noun) Manassite.

Arā i Pehere i te koraha, i te whenua mānia, mō ngā Reupeni; i Ramoto i Kireara, mō ngā Kari; i Korana i Pahana, mō ngā Manahi (PT Tiuteronomi 4:43). / Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

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