BDB9476

הַמְנִיכָא Qr ( Kt המינכָא, also [Gi] המוניכא, etc.) noun [masculine] chain, necklace (Talmud הַמְנִכָּא D^{WB 108}; Syriac [untranscribed source text 5997]; loan-word from Greek μανιάκης K^{§ 64, 4}; or < Persian hämy¹n , girdle [diminutive would be hamy¹nak ] (whence also Greek μαν., Bev Dr ^{Dan 5:7} ) Andr^{M 60*} (reading הַמְיָֽנְכָא ); see also Behrm^ix Lag^{Ges. Abh. 40; Arm. Stud. 1420}; see Krauss^{5 f.} (who compares also Talmud מוּנְיָיק, מָנְיָיק necklace, bracelet, Levy^{NHWB iii. 52 b, 158 b} D²³⁰)); — of gold, Dan 5:7; Dan 5:16; Dan 5:29.