מְנַע ch. same , to diminish; to withhold. Targ. Gen. XXII, 16. Ib. XXX, 2. Targ. O. Deut. XIII, 1 (h. text גרע); a. fr.
Ithpe. - אִתְמְנַע, אִימְּנַע 1) to be diminished; to cease, omit. Targ. Ex. V, 11 (O. ed. Vien. יִתִּמְנַע; h. text גרע). Ib. IX, 29 (h. text חדל). Targ. Deut. XXIII, 23 (O. ed. Vien. תִתִּמְנַע). Targ. Jud. XV, 7; a. fr. —2) to restrain one’s self; to refuse, shrink. Targ. Ex. XXIII, 2; a. e.—Gitt. 52ᵇ אתי לאִימְּנוּעֵי he might shrink (from becoming a guardian). Y. Sabb. VII, 9ᵇ bot. לא מִתְמַנְעִין, v. ה"א; a. e.