STRONGS NUMBER H2002

H2002. hamnika

הַמְנִיכָא‎ Qr (Kt המינכָא‎, also [Gi] המוניכא‎, etc.)

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