Manah means to count, number, reckon, or appoint. It appears about 28 times and is related to the noun maneh (a unit of weight/money) and the noun mannah (manna — measured portion). The verb carries the sense of deliberate enumeration or calculated assignment — God numbering days, people, stars, or appointing specific persons for specific roles.
Manah reveals that nothing in God's economy is arbitrary or left to chance. He numbers the stars and calls them each by name (Psalm 147:4). He has numbered our days (Psalm 90:12 — menot). Daniel 5 uses mene (numbered) as a divine verdict: God has numbered Belshazzar's kingdom and brought it to an end. Every life is counted and accounted for. Jesus' declaration that God knows the number of hairs on our head (Matthew 10:30) echoes this Hebrew concept of divine, intimate accounting.