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A man called Manaen is mentioned in the New Testament. According to Acts 13,1 he was an teacher and prophet at the side of Paul in the church of Antioch. His name represents the Hebrew MENAKHEM (Menahem in English bibles), name of an Israelite king (2. Kings 15,14). The meaning is: "He (God) gives consolation." Probably to a desperate woman who had been childless before. But the came could also refer to the child itself; it then would mean "consolation for a child who has died". Like SETH means "put (in the place of)".

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For the pronunciation you have to decide, in which language you want it: English? Ancient Greek? Modern Greek? In the Greek New Testament the stress is on the last syllable. Menakhem has it on the second.