הַרְמָנָא, (מני, with preform. הר, cmp. הרפתקי) appointment to office, authority, royal patent. Targ. Job I, 12; II, 7. Targ. Y. Num. XVII, 11.—Ber. 58ᵃ holding court בלא ה׳ דמלכא without royal appointment. B. Mets. 84ᵃ ה׳ דמלכא הוא (Ms. R. 2 הור׳) it is a royal appointment (which I cannot decline). Ḥull. 57ᵇ ה׳ דמלכא לא ליבעו would they not have asked for royal authority? Ib. ה׳ דמלכא הוו נקיטי they were in possession &c.; (Ar. ed. Koh. the king was among them ומה׳ דמלכא עבוד and they did it by royal authority). B. Bath. 46ᵇ, v. next w.—Trnsf. (cmp. רָשׁוּת) office, bureau, esp. Resh Galutha’s office. Erub. 59ᵃ משום דשכיחי רבנן גבי ה׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 300) because scholars are accustomed to meet at the Resh Galutha’s office (Ar. קהרמנא).