BDB4709 H4480
BDB4708 | BIBLICAL HEBREW | BDB4710
מִןֿ and מִּ , before יְ (except Dan 12:2; 2Chr 20:11) contracted to מִי (as מִידֵי from מִיְּדֵי), before guttural and ר, mostly מֵ, occasionally מִ (Ges«GKC:102»§ 102, l R.; more fully Köii. 291ff), מִן before article in all books much commoner than -מֵ; מִן; before other words most frequently in Chronicles [51 t.: elsewhere 47 t. (Kö292)]; in poetry also מִנִּי, with the old י of the genitive (Ges«GKC:90»§ 90.3a) Judg 5:14 (twice in verse); Isa 46:3 (twice in verse); Ps 44:11; Ps 44:19; Ps 68:32; Ps 74:22; Ps 78:2; Ps 78:42; Ps 88:10 + 19 t. Job, and in לְמִנִּי Mic 7:12 (twice in verse) and מִנֵּיֿ (on analogue of עֲדֵי, עֲלֵי) Isa 30:11 (twice in verse), preposition expressing the idea of separation, hence out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not (Phoenician מ; Aramaic ; Arabic >; Ethiopic ; Sabean בן (DHMZMG xxix.606 ff.; xxxvii.375)); with suff, מִמֶּנִּי (the מִן reduplicated, Ol§ 223c, and others, Köii. 289 f.), in poetry מִנִּי Isa 22:4; Isa 30:1; Isa 38:12; Job 16:6, מֶ֫נִּי Ps 18:23; Ps 65:4; Ps 139:19; Job 21:16; Job 22:18; Job 30:10 מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּ֑ךָּ, מִמֵּךְ; מִמֶּ֫נּוּ ( Job 4:12 מֶ֫נְהוּ), מִמֶּ֫נָּה; 1 plural מִמֶּ֫נּוּ (according to Orientals מִמֵּ֫נֿוּ: see BaerJob. p. 57 Kö290); מִכֶּם; מֵהֶם (מִנְּהֶם Job 11:20), מֵהֵ֫מָּה Jer 10:2; Eccl 12:12 מֵהֵ֫נָּה 7 t. (see הֵ֫מָּה 8 c), מֵהֶן (editions מֵהֵן) Ezek 16:47; Ezek 16:52 (see ZerweckHeb, Präp. Min, 1894): — 1. with verbs expressing (or implying) separation or removal, whether from a person or place, or in any direction, also from guilt, calamity, etc.: — thus
a. to descend from a mountain Exod 19:14, to fall from a roof Deut 22:8, from heaven Isa 14:12, to go up from a valley Josh 10:7, to raise up from the dunghill 1Sam 2:8, or the ground 2Sam 12:17. So constantly with verbs of going, as בא, הלך, שׁב, ברח (followed by a person, usually מפני), of calling, as Isa 24:14 צָֽהֲלוּ מִיָּם, Isa 42:10; Isa 42:11; Ps 148:1 of asking or exacting as שׁאל, בקשׁ, דרשׁ, נָקַם,הִנָּקֵם, of delivering, as הושׁיע, הציל, etc., of hiding as נעלם, העלים, etc., of taking or withholding, as לקח, חשׂך, מנע, of keeping (from), as נצר, שׁמר, of being far, or desisting, as רחק Exod 23:7, חֲדַל מִמֶּנּוּ desist from us,Exod 14:2, so הֶרֶף Deut 9:14,הֵנִיחַ Deut 12:10, השׁקיט > Ps 94:13, שׁבת Gen 2:2, compare Gen 5:29 note especially the pregnant constructions, שׁפט to judge (and save) from Ps 43:1, followed by מִיַּד 1Sam 24:16 +, ענה to answer (and save) from Ps 22:22, חרשׁ and חשׁה to be silent (turning) from Ps 28:1 (twice in verse), החרישׁו ממני Job 13:13; Jer 38:27; Ps 18:22 ולא רשׁעתי מאלהי not did wickedly (turning) from my God, Ps 30:4 Kt., Ps 73:27, כלזֿוֺנֶה ממך, Jer 3:20 בָּגַד מִן (ᵐ5 εἰς = ב), Jer 31:13 with שִׂמַּח (2Chr 20:27), Ezek 27:34; Prov 25:17 הֹקַר רַגְלְךָ מִבֵּית רֵעֶ֫ךָ, Isa 29:4; Isa 63:17; Joel 1:12; Jer 51:5 אַלְמָן מֵאֱלֹהָיו widowed (and severed) from etc., Ezek 44:22 also Judg 7:17 מִמֶּנִּי תִרְאוּ וְכֵן תַּעֲשׂוּ ye shall see from me, i.e. learn what to do by observing me. Some of the verbs mentioned above are construed more precisely with מֵאֵת, מֵעִם, מֵעַל, q. v.: and others, especially לקח, דרשׁ, הושׁיע, הצּיל, פּדה, פִּלֵּט, idiomatic with מִיַּד. With infinitives, see below 7 b. often also with adverbs, as מִשָּׁם thence, מֵאַיִן whence ? מִוֶּה, מִפֹּה hence. compare also חָפְשִׁי מִן free (safe) from Job 3:19, עֵזֶר מִצָּרָיו a help from his foes Deut 33:7; Nah 3:11 מָעוֺז מֵאוֺיֵב, Ps 32:7 סֵתֶר מִצַּר, Ps 60:13 עֶזְרָת מִצָּ֑ר, Isa 4:6 צֵל מֵחֹרֶב a shadow from, the heat, Isa 25:4. Here also belong Isa 40:15 מַר מִדְּלִי a drop from (hanging from) a bucket; Song 4:1 goats שֶׁגָָּֽלְשׁוּ מהר גלעד that sit up (seeming to hang) from the hills of Gilead (compare Od. 21. 420 ἐκ διφροιο καθήμενος: also the Arabic idiom , literally to be near from a thing): probably also the difficult passage Dan 8:9, and from one of them there came forth מִצְּעִירָה קֶרֶן אַחַת a horn from (being) a little one, i.e. gradually increasing from small beginnings (but ? read אַחֶרֶת צְעִירָה Bev compare Dan 7:8).
b. מן also, without a verb of similar significance, sometimes expresses the idea of separation, away from, far from (compare II. 2. 162 φίλης ἀπὸ πατρίδος αἴης): Prov 20:3 שֶׁכֶת מֵרִיב to sit away from strife (compare ap. De), Num 15:24 if the thing be done מֵעֵינֵי הָעֵדָה away from the eyes of etc., Judg 5:11 De RV (but Be RVm because of), Isa 14:19 cast out מִקִּבְרְךָ away from thy sepulchre, Job 28:4 דַּלּוּ מֵאֱנוֺשׁ, Gen 4:11 cursed art thou האדמה מןֿ, De Di away from the (tilled) soil, compare vGen 4:14 (but Kn Ke from, compare vGen 4:12 a), Gen 27:39 (probably) הָאָרֶץ מִשְׁמַנֵּי away from the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling; almost = without, Job 11:15 then shalt thou lift up thy face מִמּוּם away from, without spot, Job 19:26 (probably) מִבְּשָׂרִי without my flesh shall I see God, Job 21:9 בָּֽתֵּיהֶם שָׁלוֺם מִפַּחַד are at peace without fear, Prov 1:33; Jer 48:45 fleeing עָֽמְדוּ מִכֹּחַ they stand without strength, Isa 22:3 מִקֶּשֶׁת אֻסָּ֫רוּ (Hi De Di Che) they were bound without the bow (being used) (but Ges as 2 e: by the bowmen), Zeph 3:18. (On 2Sam 13:16 see We or Dr). See also 7 b. with of position, off, on the side of, on, especially with reference to quarters of the heavens (compare πρὸς Νότου, ἐκ δεξιῶν, a fronte, a tergo, etc.): Gen 2:8 ׳י planted a garden in Eden מִקֶּדֶם off, on the east, Gen 12:8 מִקֶּדֶם בֵּיתְאֵל מִיָּם וְהָעַי Bethel off (on) the West and `Ai off (on) the East; so מִמִּוְרָח, מִצָּפוֺן, מִנֶּגֶכ Josh 11:3; Josh 15:8; Josh 18:5; 1Sam 14:5, etc.: similarly מִיָּמִין on the right, מִשְּׂמאֹול on the left, מִמּוּל and (more rarely) מִפָּנִים on the front, מֵאָחוֺר = behind (2Sam 10:9), מִסָּבִיב Deut 12:10 + round about, מִמַּעַל, מִלְמַעְלָה, and מֵעָ֑ל (rare) = above, מִתַּחַת Exod 20:4 + beneath, מִבַּיִת on the inside, מִחוּץ on the outside Gen 6:14 +, מִנֶּגֶד in front, at a distance, Gen 21:16 +, מֵרָחוֺק Exod 2:4 + afar off, מִפְּנִ֫ימָה within, מִזֶּהמִ֗֗֗וֶּה and מִפֹּה מִפֹּה ֗֗֗ on this side . . . on that side. And so even with verbs of motion, as Gen 11:2 מִקֶּדֶם ויהי בנסעם as they journeyed — not from, but — on, the side of the east, virtually = eastwards, Gen 13:11 and Lot journeyed מקדם east, Isa 17:13; Isa 22:3 ברחו מֵרָחוֺק they fled — not from afar but — afar, Isa 23:7 whose feet used to carry her מֵרָחוֺק afar off to sojourn, Isa 57:9 thou didst send thy messengers עדמֿרחוק even to afar. With a following לְ (or suffix), most of these words are frequently in the sense of on the east (west, etc.) of . . ., as Josh 8:13 לָעִיר מִיָּם on the west of the city, מִקֶּדֶם לְ Gen 3:24, מִצְּפוֺן לְ (construct Ges«GKC:130a»§ 130 a, n.) Josh 8:11; Josh 8:13; Josh 24:30, מִימִינֶ֑ךָ Ps 91:7, מִתַּחַת לְ Gen 1:7, מִמַּעַל לְ Gen 22:9, מִבֵּית לְ Lev 16:2: מֵאַחֲרֵי behind Exod 14:19 מִצַּד בֵּיתְאֵל beside Bethel Josh 12:9, מִצִּדּוֺ beside it 1Sam 6:8, מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן on the other side of Jordan Num 21:1 +; מֵהָֽלְאָה לְ beyond Amos 5:27 tablets written מִשְּׁנֵי עֶבְרֵיהֶם on both their sides, מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו Jer 49:32 + (see further the words cited). So מֵהַבַּיִת on the side of the house Ezek 40:7; Ezek 40:8; Ezek 40:9, מֵאֵצֶל beside Ezek 40:7; 1Sam 20:21 the arrows are מִמְּךָ וָהֵנָּה from thee and hither = on this side of thee, v1Sam 20:22 מִמְּךָ וָהָֽלְהָא, compare Num 32:19 (twice in verse).
2. Out of, Greek
ἐκ, Latin
ex: thus
a. מִמִּצְרַיִם out of Egypt: so
(
a) with verbs of
proceeding, removing, expelling, etc., as
הוֺצִיא,
יָצָא (see
יָצָא),
שִׁלַּח Gen 3:23,
לָקַח Gen 34:26,
גָנַב Gen 40:15,
הִכְרִית Exod 8:5;
Ps 101:8,
גֵּרֵשׁ Judg 11:7, etc.; to draw
out of water, a pit, etc.
Exod 2:10;
Ps 40:3 to cast
out of the hand
Judg 15:17 to rescue
out of the mouth
Amos 3:12 to drink
מִכּוֺס 2Sam 12:3;
Deut 30:3 וְקִבֶּצְךָ מִןהָֿעַמִּים,
Ezek 11:17;
Ezek 36:24 +: pregnantly with
חָרֵד Hos 10:10;
Hos 10:11,
רגז Mic 7:17 to tremble (and come)
out of,
חרג Ps 18:46 (||
2Sam 22:46 חגר),
2Sam 74:11;
Isa 38:17 חָשַׁק (ni
חָשַׂךְ leg.),
Ezek 28:16 חִלֵּל,
Ezra 2:62 compare
נִשְׁכַּח מִפֶּה Deut 31:21,
מִלֵּב Ps 31:13. In this application, often made more definite by the use of
מִתּוֺךְ ֗֗֗ ,
מִקֶּרֶב ֗֗֗ out of the midst of.
(
b) of the place
out of which one looks, speaks, exerts power, etc.,
Gen 4:10;
Num 24:19 (
Ps 110:1),
Deut 4:35 קלו מןהֿשׁמים השׁמיעך אתֿ,
Amos 1:2 מציון ישׁאג ׳י,
Ps 14:2;
Ps 20:3 send thee help
מִקֹּדֶשׁ, v
Ps 14:7 יַעֲנֵהוּ מִשְּׁמֵי קָדְשׁוֺ,
Ps 42:7;
Ps 68:36;
Ps 85:12;
Ps 109:10 ודרשׁו מחרבזתיהם seek (their bread)
out of their desolate homes (but
Ew De as
1 b far from;
ᵐ5 Gr Che יְגָֹֽרְשׁוּ let them
be driven from),
Ps 128:5;
Ps 130:1;
Job 27:23;
Isa 29:18 to see
out of darkness,
Song 2:9 to look out
מִןהַֿחַלֹּנוֺת from the windows (usually
בעד),
Song 5:4 he put forth his hand
מִןהַֿחוֺר from (i.e.
in through) the hole (in the door or wall).
(
c) with
בָּחַר to choose
out of,
Exod 18:25 + often, compare with
הִבְדִּיל Deut 29:20;
1Kgs 8:53,with
יָדַע Amos 3:2;
Exod 19:5 ye shall be to me
סְגֻלָּה מכלהֿעמים a treasure (chosen)
out of all peoples (compare with
בָּחַר Deut 7:6;
Deut 14:2).
b. of the material
out of which anything is formed, or from which it is derived:
(
a)
Gen 2:19 to form
מןהֿאדמה out of the soil, v
Gen 2:23 מִבְּשָׂרִי עֶצֶם מֵעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר,
Exod 39:1;
Num 6:4;
Hos 13:2 to make images
מִכַּסְפָּם,
Ps 16:4 נִסְכֵּיהֶם מִדָּם,
Ps 45:14;
Song 3:9;
Isa 40:17 מאפס ותהו נחשׁבולֿו as
made of nought and unreality are they reckoned by him (||
כְּאַיִן נֶגְדּוֺ),
Isa 41:24 הֵן אַתֶּם מֵאַיִן (||
מֵאָ֑פַע, read
מֵאָ֑פֶם),
Ps 62:10 מֵהֶבֶל (
al. 6 c),
Prov 13:11;
Exod 25:19;
Exod 25:31 its cups, its knops, etc.,
ממנה יהיו shall be
from it (i.e. of one piece with it), so v
Exod 25:35 v
Exod 25:36;
Exod 27:2;
Exod 30:2 al.;
(
b) with verbs of eating, filling, etc., as
שׁתה Gen 9:21;
Job 21:20 מֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּה,
Song 8:2 הִשְׁקָה,
רָוָה Ps 36:9 +,
רִוָּה Isa 34:7,
שׂבע Prov 18:20 +,
השׂביע Ps 81:17 +,
מִלֵּא (rare)
Ps 127:5: compare
Deut 32:42 אַשְׁכִּיר חִצַּי מִדָּם,
Isa 51:21;
Ps 28:7 (peculiar)
וּמִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ out of song I will thank him (
Ps 69:31 ׳ב), also (unusual)
Isa 2:3 וְיוֺרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו i.e.
out of (the treasure of) his ways (
al. particle =
some of),
Ps 94:12b
מִתּוֺרָֽתְךָ תְלַמְּדֶנּוּ;
Eccl 7:10 to speak
מֵחָכְמָה (compare
Rabb מִתּוֺךְ).
c. of the
source or
origin: namely
(
a) of parents,
Gen 16:2 אִבָּנֶה ממנה I shall be built up
out of her (so
Gen 30:3),
Gen 17:16 מלכי עמים ממנה יהיו,
Gen 35:11a: often of coming forth
מִבֶּטֶן Job 1:21,
מֵחֲלָצֶיךָ Gen 35:11b,
ממעיך Gen 15:4,
Isa 2:20 ׳י give thee seed
from this woman; compare
Job 16:4 מִי יִתֵּן טָהוֺר מִטָּמֵא (
b) of the tribe or people,
from which a person comes (compare
1 a),
Num 3:12 ׳כל בכור ֗֗֗ מכני ישׂר,
Josh 12:4;
2Sam 4:2;
2Sam 21:2;
Jer 1:1 +; and so of a person's native place, as
Judg 12:8 אבצן מבית לחם Ibzan
from Biblical,
Judg 13:2 אִישׁ מִצָּרְעָה Judg 17:1;
Judg 17:7;
1Sam 1:1;
1Sam 9:1;
2Sam 23:20;
2Sam 23:30;
Amos 1:1 +, compare
Jer 46:25 אָמוֺן מִנּאֹ;
Isa 48:1 וּמִמֵּי יְהוּדָה יָצָֽאוּ, v
Isa 48:2 מֵעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ נִקְראוּ,
Isa 58:12 וּבָנוּ מִמֵךְ (those)
from thee shall build,
Ps 68:27 מִמְּקוֺר ישׂראל ye (sprung)
from the fountain of Israel,
Mic 5:1;
Nah 1:11 v
Nah 1:14 figurative
מִשִּׁמְךָ),
Zeph 3:18;
Jer 30:21;
Zech 10:4.
(
c) of beasts and things,
Gen 2:7 עָפָר מִןהָֿאֲדָמָה,
Jer 5:6 אַרְיֵה מִיַּעַר a lion
from the woods,
Ps 80:14 חֲזִיר מִיַּעַרִ; compare
Ps 10:18 אֶנוֺשׁ מִןהָֿאָרֶץ man
from the earth (
terrenus),
Ps 72:16 יָצִיצוּ מֵעִיר;
Job 28:12 וְהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיַן תִּמָּצֵא.
(
d)
מִלֵּב Isa 59:13;
Job 8:10, especially with reference to what is self-devised,
Num 16:28 כִּי לֹא מִלִּבִּי,
Num 24:13;
1Kgs 12:33;
Neh 6:8 נְבִיאֵי מִלִּבָּם Ezek 13:2.
d. of the
source or
author of an action, counsel, or event:
1Sam 24:14 מֵרְשָׁעִים יֵצֵא רֶשַׁע,
2Sam 3:37 היתה מהמלך לא it was not
from the king to, etc.; specifically of
׳י,
Gen 24:50 יצא הדבר ׳כי מי,
Judg 14:4 knew
הוא ׳כי מי that it was
from J.,
1Kgs 2:15 ׳היתה לו כי מי,
Prov 16:1;
Prov 20:24 מִצְעֲדֵי גֶבֶר ׳מי,
Ps 37:39;
Ps 62:2 מִמֶּנּוּ יְשׁוּעָתִי,
Hos 8:4 they have made kings,
מִמֶּנִּי וְלֹא not
from me, i.e. not at my prompting,
Isa 30:1;
Isa 50:11 (
מִיָּדִי)
Ezek 3:17 end =
Ezek 33:7 and warn them
from me,
1Chr 5:22;
1Chr 13:2;
2Chr 22:7;
2Chr 25:20 (synonym
מֵאֵת,
מֵעִם, which are more frequent in this sense); in poetry
Hos 7:5 חֲמַת מִיַּיִן heat
from wine,
Ps 9:14 מִשּׂנְאַי עָנְיִי at the hands of my haters,
Ps 74:22;
Job 4:13 שְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנוֺת לַיְלָה thoughts (arising)
out of, etc.,
Job 6:25 הוֺכֵחַ מִכֶּם reproof
proceeding from you,
Job 20:29 (twice in verse),
Ps 78:2 חִידוֺת מִקֶּדֶם indirect lessons (springing)
out of antiquity;
Dan 11:31 זְרֹעִים מִמֶּנּוּ (
Köiii. 241). As marking the author of a judgment or estimate (rare),
Num 32:22 וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל ׳נְקִיִּם מי guiltless
at the hands of (= in the judgment of) J. and Israel (compare
מֵעִם 2Sam 3:28;
Job 34:33),
Job 4:17 shall man be just
מֵאֱלֹהַּ at God's hands ? (||
מֵעשֵֹׁהוּ),
Jer 51:5b (
Ges Gf.); so in
׳חָלִילָה לִי מי.
e. of the immediate, or
efficient, cause (chiefly in poetry),
in consequence of, at by (compare Greek
ἀπό, as Hd. 2:54
ζήησιν ἀπὸ σφέων γενέσθαι):
(
a) the cause, a
person Gen 19:36 +
הָֽרְתָה מן to be pregnant
by,
Gen 49:25;
1Sam 31:3 וַיָּחֶל מֵהַמּוֺרִים was in anguish
from the archers,
Hos 7:4 בֹּעֵ֫רָה מֵאֹפֶה (ni
בֹּעֵר הֵם leg.: see
We),
Ps 18:9;
Nah 1:5 הרים רעשׁו ממנו,
Dan 11:31 (accents); with passive verb,
Nah 1:6 הצורים נִתְּצוּ ממנו,
Ps 37:23 (compare
Prov 20:24 d),
Job 24:1;
Eccl 12:11;
Dan 8:11.
(
b) the cause, a
thing,
Gen 49:24 his arms were agile
מידי אביר יעקב from the hands, etc.,
Isa 6:4 the thresholds shook
מִקּוֺל הַקּוֺרֵא (so
מקול elsewhere, as
Isa 30:31;
Isa 33:3;
Jer 8:16),
Jer 28:7 תָעוּ מִןהַֿשֵּׁכָר (||
ב),
Jer 31:4;
Jer 31:9;
Jer 10:10;
Ezek 19:10 became fruitful
מִמַּיִם רַבִּים,
Ezek 31:5;
Job 4:9 מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלוֺהַּ יאֹבֵדוּ at the breath of God,
Job 14:9 מֵרֵיחַ מַיִם יַפְרִחַ,
Job 31:23;
Job 39:26 הֲמִבִּינָָֽתְךָ יַאֲבֶרנֵֿץ Ps 39:11;
Ps 73:19 סָפוּ תַּמּוּ מִןבַּֿלָּהוֺת,
Ps 78:65 מִתְרוֺנֵן מִיַּיִן,
Ps 104:15 להצהיל פנים משׁמן from oil,
Ps 107:39, compare
Job 7:14 (||
ב); so with
׳מִגַּעֲרַת י at J.'s rebuke,
Job 18:16;
Job 76:7 +; with a passive verb,
Gen 9:11 to be cut off
מִמֵּי הַמַּבּוּל,
2Sam 7:29 וּמִכִּכָֽתְךָ יְבֹרַח,
Isa 28:7 נבלעו מןהֿיין are undone
through wine (
Isa 22:3 is dubious: see
1 b),
Obad 1:9;
Job 28:4 הַנִּשְׁכָּחִים מִנִּי רָ֑גֶל; compare
Isa 34:3;
Hos 6:8.
(
c) with verbs of
fearing, to express the source of the emotion, as
ירא Ps 3:7 + often (also with
מִפְּנֵי),
פָּחַד Ps 27:1,
נִבְהַל Ezek 26:18,
גּוּר Deut 18:22;
Job 41:17;
Esth 5:9 ולאקֿם ולא זָע ממנו; with
בּוֺשׁ to be disconcerted or
disappointed, to express the source of the disappointment,
Isa 1:29 + often; with
שָׂמֵחַ Prov 5:18;
Eccl 2:10.
feminine of the remoter cause, the ultimate ground on account of which something happens or is done. ( 3. Partitively (a sense connecting with
2 a (
c), above): —
a. Gen 6:19 שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל two out of, from, all,
Gen 7:8;
Gen 39:11 אישׁ מן ֗֗֗ a man (or one)
of . . . (so
Num 25:6;
Num 1:28 +,
אנשׁים מן ֗֗֗ Num 16:2;
Josh 2:2 +,
2Kgs 2:7, etc.);
Gen 42:16 send
מִכֶּם אֶחָד Lev 1:2a
Lev 17:12 כלנֿפשׁ מִכֶּם,
Lev 19:34;
Lev 26:8,
Judg 8:14 נַעַר מֵאַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֺת,
1Sam 22:8, etc.;
Judg 14:19;
2Kgs 2:24;
Isa 66:19 אֶחָד מִן ֗֗֗ 1Sam 16:18 +,
אַחַד מִן ֗֗֗ (
Ges«GKC:130»§ 130, 1)
Deut 25:5 +;
אַחַת מֵהֵ֫נָּה Ps 34:21;
Isa 34:16 מִי מִן ֗֗֗ Job 5:1;
Isa 50:1,
אֵין מִן ֗֗֗ 1Sam 14:39;
Isa 51:18;
Isa 21:11 מהֿ מלילה how much
of the night?
2Chr 31:3 וּמְנָת הַמֶּלָח מִןרְֿכוּשׁוֺ.
b. the number being omitted,
מִן is used indefinitely: —
(
a) =
some of, — as subject
Exod 16:27 יצאו מןהֿעם there went out (some)
of the people,
Lev 25:49;
2Sam 11:17;
2Sam 11:24, especially in late Hebrew
Ezra 2:68;
Ezra 2:70;
Ezra 7:7;
Neh 11:4;
Neh 11:25;
1Chr 4:42;
1Chr 9:30;
1Chr 9:32;
2Chr 17:11;
2Chr 32:21;
Dan 11:35 more frequently as object, especially with
לקח,
Gen 4:3 וַיָּבֵא מִפְּרִי האדמה brought
of the fruit of the ground,
Gen 30:14 give me
מִדּוּדָאֵי בְנֵךְ (some)
of thy son's love-apples,
Gen 33:15;
Exod 12:7;
Exod 17:5;
Lev 18:30;
Lev 20:2;
Num 11:17;
Num 13:23;
1Kgs 12:4;
Isa 39:7;
Isa 47:13;
Amos 2:11;
Dan 8:10 +,
Song 1:2 ישׁקני מִנְּשִׁיקוֺת פִּיו let him kiss me (with)
some of the kisses etc.,
Ps 72:15;
Ps 137:3 מִשִּׁיר צִיּוֺן (some) of the songs of Zion,
Job 11:6 (
Ges RVm) + often; in late Hebrew note also
יֵשׁ מִן ֗֗֗ there are
some of . . .
Neh 5:5 מֵהֶם ֗֗֗ מֵהֶם ֗֗֗ some. . . others. . . 1Chr 9:28f. (as in Aramaic
Dan 2:33, and
PS2155);
מִקְצָת ֗֗֗ some of. . . (as in Late Hebrew)
Dan 1:2;
Neh 7:69.
(
b) to designate an individual (rare),
Gen 28:11 and he took
מֵאַבְנֵי הַמָּקוֺם (one) of the stones of the place (see v
Gen 28:18),
Exod 6:25 מבּנות פוטיאל (one)
of the daughters of
P.,
Ezek 17:5;
Ezek 17:13;
Neh 13:28;
Ps 132:11 as subject
Lev 25:33;
Dan 11:5 the king of the south
שָׂרָיו וּמִןֿ and (one) of his captains, v
Dan 11:7, compare
Jer 41:1;
Esth 4:5;
2Chr 26:11;
Ruth 2:20 מִגֹּאֲלֵנוּ הוא he is (one) of our kinsmen,
Exod 2:6.
(
c) in a negative or hypothetical sentence (whether subject or object) =
any, aught,
Deut 16:4 ולא ילין מןהֿבשׂר and there shall
not remain
any of the flesh,
1Kgs 18:5 ולא נכרית מןהֿבהמה and we shall not destroy
any of the beasts,
2Kgs 10:10 (compare
Josh 21:43;
Josh 23:14;
1Sam 3:19;
1Kgs 8:56;
Esth 6:10), v
Esth 6:23 ׳פֶּןיֶֿשׁפֹּֿה מֵעַבְדֵי י Job 27:6 לֹא יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָ֑י my heart reproacheth not
one of my days: with
אִם, etc.
Exod 29:34;
Lev 4:2a (compare v
Lev 4:22 v
Lev 4:27),
Lev 11:32 (
מהם), v
Lev 11:33 v
Lev 11:35 v
Lev 11:37-39;
Lev 18:29;
Lev 25:25;
Num 5:6 מִכֹּל anything whatever,
Lev 5:24;
Lev 11:34 compare
1Sam 23:23 (?).
(
d) peculiarly, with a noun of unity, especially
אֶחָד, to express forcibly the idea of a
single one: Deut 15:7 if there be a poor man in thy midst,
מֵאַחַר אַחֶיךָ any one of thy brethren,
Lev 4:2b if he doeth
מֵאַחַת מֵהֵ֫נָּה any one of these things,
Lev 5:13;
Ezek 18:10 מֵאַחַד מֵאֵלֶּה וְעָשָׂה אָח (where
אח is a
vox nihili) and doeth
aught of these things;
1Sam 14:45 if there shall fall
מִשַּׂעֲרַת ראֹשׁוֺ אַרְצָה a single hair of his head to the ground! (for
שְׂעָרָה as a noun of individual meaning see
Ges«GKC:122t»§ 122t Dr), compare
2Sam 14:11;
1Kgs 1:52. (Probably a rhetorical application of the partitive sense, though the explanation '
starting from one' = '
even one' would also be possible.
is used similarly after negative and interrogative particles, not merely with collective nouns, as
nought have they of knowledge (Qor 18:4), but also with nouns of unity, as Qor 3:55 Ye have not
aught of (=
any) god, except Him; 19:19 dost thou perceive
even one of them? 6:59 there falleth not
even a single leaf (noun of individual meaning) without His knowing it. See further
Thes, and
WAG. ii. § 48 f. b),
(
e) (rare) specifying the objects, or elements, of which a genus consists (the Arabic
,
min of
explication,
WAG. ii. § 48 g):
Gen 6:2 אשׁר בחרו מכל consisting of all whom they chose,
Gen 7:22;
Gen 9:10;
Lev 11:32 (
מכל),
1Chr 5:18;
Jer 40:7 (
מאשׁר);
Jer 44:28 and they shall know
דְּבַרמִֿי יָקוּם מִמֶּנִּי וּמֵהֶם whose word shall stand,
consisting of me and of them (defining the genus embraced by
׃מי compare
both (of them), Abel as well as Cain, and Qor 3:193:
Wl.c.). — On
מֵאַיִן Jer 10:6;
Jer 10:7, see
אַיִן near the end.
4. of
time — namely
a. as marking the
terminus a quo, the anterior limit of a continuous period,
from, since Deut 9:24 מִיּוֺם דַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם from the day of my (first) knowing you (so
1Sam 7:2;
1Sam 8:8 + );
1Sam 18:9 מהיום ההוא וָהָֽלְאָה from that day and onwards, simil.
Lev 22:27;
Num 15:23;
Ezek 39:22;
Isa 18:2;
Isa 18:7 (where
מִןהֿוּא =
מֵאֲשֶׁר הוּא; compare
Nah 2:9 מִימֵי הִיא =
מִימֵי אֲשֶׁר הִיא);
מהיום ההוא וָמָֽעְלָה 1Sam 16:13;
1Sam 30:25 (
Hag 2:15;
Hag 2:18 apparently of time
backwards);
מֵאָז from the time of . . . .;
מִןהַֿבֶּטֶן from the womb
Judg 13:5;
Judg 13:7,
מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי Judg 16:17 +;
מִימֵי ֗֗֗ Hos 10:9;
Isa 23:7;
Jer 36:2 +;
מִיָּמֶיךָ idiomatic =
since thou wast born
1Sam 25:28;
1Kgs 1:6 (
מִיָּמָיו),
Job 38:12 מִקֶּדֶם from antiquity
Hab 1:12;
Ps 74:12;
Isa 42:14 הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מֵעוֺלָם I have been silent
since old time;
מֵעַתָּה from now,
hence-forth Jer 3:4 +,
מִיּוֺם from to-day
Jer 43:13;
Ezek 48:35,
מןהֿיום הזה Hag 2:19. See also
5 c, 7 c. compare
Exod 33:6 מֵהַר חוֺרֵב from Horeb,
Hos 13:4 I am
׳י thy God
מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם.
b. as marking the period immediately succeeding the limit,
after: Gen 38:24 כְּמִשְׁלשׁ חֳדָשִׁים after about three months it was told Judah,
מִיָּמִים רַבִּים Josh 23:1;
Ezek 38:8,
מִיָּמִים after (some) days,
Judg 11:4;
Judg 14:8;
Judg 15:1,
מִיֹּמַיִם after two days
Hos 6:2 מֵרֹב יָמִים Isa 24:22: more frequently with
קֵץ or
קָצֶה,
Gen 4:3 מִקֵּץ יָמִים,
Gen 8:3;
Josh 3:2 + often;
Deut 14:28 מִקְצֵה שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים,
Deut 15:1 שָׁנִים מִקְצֵה שֶׁבַע (by which is meant not the actual
end of the three or seven years, but the period when the third or seventh year has arrived);
מִמָּחֳרָת after the morrow (had arrived) =
on the morrow,
Gen 19:34 + often;
מֵהַבֹּקֶר 2Sam 2:27. —
2Sam 23:4 מִמָּטָר;
Isa 53:11 מֵעֲמַל נַפְשׁוֺ; perhaps
Isa 29:18 (
Kö581). compare
2Sam 20:5 and he delayed
מןהֿמועד beyond the appointed time.
c. in such phrases, however,
מִן sometimes (compare
1 c) loses its significance: thus
מֵאָז 2Sam 15:34;
Isa 16:13 not
from former time, but
in former time, formerly,
Gen 6:4 הַגִּבּוֺרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֺלָם which were
of old,
Josh 24:2 dwelt
of old,
Ps 77:6 days
מִקֶּדֶם aforetime,
מֵאַחֲרֵי Deut 29:21 (p. 30). —
מִקָּרוֺב literally
from near, i.e. recently
Deut 32:17, of short duration
Job 20:5, shortly
Ezek 7:8 at hand (in a
local sense,
1 c)
Jer 23:23.
5. (
וְעַד)
מִן ֗֗֗ עַד from . . . even, to : very oft .: —
a. in geography or local sense,
Gen 10:19;
Gen 15:18 מנהר מצרים עד הנהר הגדול,
Gen 25:18;
Exod 23:31;
Deut 2:36;
1Sam 3:20;
2Sam 5:25;
Jer 31:38;
Ps 72:8 + often; so with
מִלְּבוֺא 1Kgs 8:65 (
2Chr 7:8),
2Kgs 14:25;
Amos 6:14;
Deut 13:8 מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְעַד קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ,
Deut 28:64;
Jer 12:12;
Gen 47:21 מִקְצֵה גְּבוּלמִֿצְרַיִם וְעַדקָֿצֵהוּ,
1Kgs 6:24;
1Kgs 7:23 שְׂפָתוֺ מִשְּׂפָתוֺ וְעַד;
Lev 13:12 מראשׁו ועד רגליו,
Deut 28:35 ועד קדקדך מכף רגלך (similarly
2Sam 14:25;
Job 2:7;
Isa 1:6). compare
1Sam 9:2 מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה,
2Sam 5:9;
Josh 15:46.
b. metaphor not of actual space, but of
classes of objects, to express idiomatically the idea of
comprehension, so that the two prepositions may be often represented by
both . . . and: Gen 19:4 מִנַּעַר וְעַדזָֿקֵן from young
to old (i.e. both included) =
both young
and old, v
Gen 19:11;
1Sam 5:9 +
מִקָּטֹן וְעַדגָּֿדוֺל =
both great
and small,
Jer 6:13 מִקְּטַנָּם וְעַדגְּֿדוֺלָם from the least of them
even to the greatest of them, ib.
וְעַדכֹּֿהֵן מִנָּבִיא from the prophet
even to the priest every one dealeth falsely,
Exod 9:25 +
מאדם ועד בהמה both man
and beast,
Exod 11:5 מבכור פרעהע֗֗֗ד ׳בכור השׁפחה וגו,
Exod 13:15;
Num 6:4;
Deut 29:10 עד שֹׁאב מימיך מחֹטב עציך,
Josh 8:25 +
מאישׁ ועד אשׁה,
1Sam 15:3 (4 pairs),
1Sam 22:19;
1Kgs 5:13;
2Kgs 17:9 =
2Kgs 18:8,
Isa 10:18 מנפשׁ ועד בשׂר =
both soul
and body,
Jer 9:9 after a word implying a negative =
either . . . or Gen 14:23;
Gen 31:24;
Gen 31:29 מטוב עד רע either good
or evil. The
עַד may be repeated, if required:
Gen 6:7 עדבֿהמה עד רמשׂ ועדעֿוף השׁמים מאדם (so
Gen 7:23),
Exod 22:3;
Josh 6:21;
Judg 15:5 מִגָּדִישׁ וְעַדקָֿמָה וְעַדכֶּֿרֶם זָ֑יִת,
Judg 20:48;
1Sam 30:19: without
מן,
Lev 11:42;
Num 8:4. Similar is the use of
מן in the idiom (
וָמָֽטָּה)
מִבֶּןשָׁ֗֗֗נָה וָמָֽעְלָה (also
וְעַדבֶּֿן ֗֗֗ שָׁנָה); and compare
2Kgs 3:21 c. of
time,
Gen 46:34 מִנְּעֻרֵינוּ וְעַד עַתָּה from our youth even until now,
1Sam 12:2;
Jer 3:25;
Num 14:19;
Exod 10:6;
Exod 18:13 מןהֿבֹקר עדהֿערב,
1Sam 30:17;
1Kgs 18:26;
Isa 9:6;
Ps 90:2 + often: with two inff.
Hos 7:4: and implying
intervals (not duration)
Ezek 4:10;
Ezek 4:11 (compare with
לְ Esth 3:7 (twice in verse)).
d. there occur further (1)
מִן ֗֗֗ אֶלֿ,
Josh 15:21;
Exod 26:28 =
Exod 36:33 מִןהַֿקָּצֶה אֶלהַֿקָּצֶה from end
to end,
Ezek 40:23;
Ezek 40:27;
Ezra 9:11 מִפֶּהאֶֿלפֶּֿה;
Ps 144:13 מִזַּן אֶל זַן from kind
to kind = kinds of every sort; with a verb of motion,
Jer 48:11;
Ps 105:13;
1Chr 17:5, and expressing a climax,
Ps 84:8 יֵָֽלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶלחַֿיִל,
Jer 9:2 (compare
Rom 1:17): of time,
מיוםאֿליֿום Num 30:15, compare
1Chr 16:23 (||
Ps 96:2 לְ); implying
intervals,
מֵעֵת אֶלעֵֿת 1Chr 9:25. (2)
מִן ֗֗֗ לְ Exod 32:27;
Ezek 40:13;
Zech 14:10: of time
Ps 96:2;
Job 4:20: with
intervals,
2Sam 14:26. (3)
מִן ֗֗֗ הָ֯ Num 34:10;
Ezek 6:14 מִמִּדְבָּר רִבְלָ֫תָה (so
Ges Ew Hi etc.)
from the wilderness
to Riblah,
Ezek 21:3;
Ezek 25:13 מִתֵּימָן וּדְדָ֫נֶה (
Co Kö Berthol); without
ָ֯ 1Kgs 5:1. And of time in the phrase (implying intervals) מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה Exod 13:10 + 4 t. 6. In
comparisons, beyond, above, hence in English
than: so constantly: namely
a. when an object is compared with another distinct from itself,
Judg 14:18 מַהמָּֿתוֺק מִדְּבַשׁ what is sweet
away from, beyond in excess of, honey ? i.e. in our idiom, what is
sweeter than honey ?
Lev 21:10 הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֺל מֵאֶחָיו the priest that is great
above his brethren,
Num 14:12;
Ezek 28:3 חָכָם מִדָּנִאֵל wiser
than Daniel,
Ps 119:72 + very often;
Hos 2:9 כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מֵעָ֑תָּה; with an infinitive (sometimes with
לְ) as subject,
Gen 29:10 ׳טוֺב תִּתִּי אֹתָהּ לְךָ מִתִּתִּי אֹתָהּ וגו better is my giving her to thee
than my giving her to another,
Exod 14:12;
1Sam 15:22;
Prov 21:9;
Prov 21:19;
Prov 25:7;
Ps 118:8;
Ps 118:9 +; with verbs,
Gen 19:9 עתה נָרַע לְךָ מֵהֶם now we will harm thee
beyond them,
more than them,
Gen 25:23 לְאֹם מִלְאֹם יֶאֱמַץ,
Gen 26:16;
Gen 29:30 אתרֿחל מִלֵּאָה ויאהב גםֿ,
Gen 38:26 צָֽדְקָה מִמֶּנִּי,
Gen 48:19 יִגְדַּל מִמֶּנּוּ,
Judg 2:19 השׁחיתו מאבותם they have done corruptly
more than their fathers,
1Sam 2:29;
2Sam 20:6;
1Kgs 1:37;
1Kgs 14:9;
Jer 5:3;
Ezek 5:6 + often; =
in, preference to, above,
Ps 45:8;
Ps 52:5 (twice in verse);
Hos 6:6;
Hab 2:16, after
בחר Jer 8:3;
Job 7:15;
Job 36:21;
Ps 84:11 (
מִדּוּר) +: note also
נֹפֵל מִן Job 12:3;
Job 13:2 = inferior
to (
Ew Ges and others
Hi; al.
De);
שֹׁנֶה מִן different
from Esth 1:7;
Esth 3:8.
b. when an object is compared with a group or multitude of which it forms one, especially with
מִכֹּל,
Gen 3:1 מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עָרוּם subtil
out of all beasts of the field, or
beyond, above all (other) beasts, v
Gen 3:14 cursed
above all cattle (but without implying any judgment whether other cattle are cursed likewise),
Gen 37:3 Israel loved Joseph
מִכָּלבָּֿנָיו out of all his sons, or
above all his (other) sons,
Deut 7:7;
Deut 33:24 בָּרוּךְ מִבָּנִים אָשֵׁר blessed above sons be Asher,
Judg 5:24 תְּבֹרַח מִנָּשִׁים blessed
above women be Jael,
1Sam 9:2b
1Sam 15:33 כֵּן תִּשְׁכַּל מִנָּשִׁים אִמֶּ֑ךָ,
1Sam 18:30;
Jer 17:9 עָקֹב מִכֹּל deceitful
above all things,
Ps 45:3;
Song 5:10 דָּגוּל מֵרְבָבָה (compare
בָּחַר מִן above
2 a c: ex in eximius, egregius; Iliad 18:431 ὅς σ’, ἐμοὶ ἐκ πάσεων Κρονίδης Ζεὺς ἄλγἐ ἔδωκεν, 3:227 ἔξοχος Ἀργείων . . . κεφαλήν).
c. sometimes in poetry the idea on which מן is logically dependent, is unexpressed, and must be understood by the reader, Isa 10:10 ופסיליהם מירושׁלם and their idols are (more) than (those of) Jerusalem, Mic 7:4 יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה the uprightest is (sharper) than a thorn-hedge (but We from), Job 11:7; Job 28:18; Ps 4:8 מֵעֵת beyond (that of) the time when etc. Eccl 4:17; Eccl 9:17 compare Ezek 15:2.
d. מן not unfrequently expresses the idea of a thing being too much for a person, or surpassing his powers: Gen 18:14 דָּבָר הֲיִפָּלֵא ׳מי can a thing be too hard for J.? (so Deut 17:8 +; compare Ps 131:1; Ps 139:6 + ), Ps 32:11 קָטֹנְתִּי מִן, Deut 14:24 כִּי יִרְבֶּה מִמְּךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ = is too great for thee (1Kgs 19:7), 1Kgs 32:47 רֵק מִכֶּם: so with עָצַם Gen 26:16, כָּבֵד be too heavy for Exod 18:18; Ps 38:5, מָךְ Lev 27:8 (too poor to pay), קָשָׁה Deut 1:7, צַר be too narrow for, 2Kgs 6:1; Isa 49:19, קצר Isa 50:2, אָמַץ Ps 18:18, ירום נמני is too high for me Ps 61:3, גָּבַר Ps 65:4 ַהמְעַט מִמְּךָ Job 15:11 too little for thee ? ַהמְעַט מִכֶּם Num 16:9; Isa 7:13; Ezek 34:18 (see מְעַט; also on Ezek 16:20); often with an infinitive, as Gen 4:13 גָּדוֺל עֲוֺנִי מִנְּשׂוֺא is greater than I can bear, Gen 30:7 their substance was רַב מִשֶּׁבֶת יַחְדָּו literally great beyond dwelling together = too great for (their) dwelling together, Exod 12:4; Judg 7:2 מִתִּתִּי רַב = too great for me to give, 1Sam 25:17b 1Kgs 8:64 רַב מֵהָכִיל, Isa 28:20; Isa 33:19; Isa 59:1; Hab 1:13; Ps 40:6; Ruth 1:12: note especially רַב מִן it is more than that . . . (= there is enough of), Exod 9:28; 1Kgs 12:28, followed by substantive Ezek 44:6 (see רַב); and Isa 49:6 נָקֵל מִהְיוֺתְךָ לִי ׳עֶבֶד לְהָקִים וגו too light for thy being my servant was it to raise up, etc., Ezek 8:17 ׳הֲנָקֵל לְבֵית יִשְׂר ׳מֵעֲשׂוֺת וגו was it too trifling to the house of Israel for the doing etc. (less than the doing etc. deserved) ? (but ? read עֲשׂוֺת on analogue of 1Kgs 16:31). 7. מן is prefixed to an
infin.: a. with a
causal force (rare),
from, on account of, through (compare
2 f):
Deut 7:7;
Deut 7:8 אֶתְכֶם ׳מֵאַהֲבַת י through J.'s loving you =
because J.
loved you,
Deut 9:28 (compare
Deut 1:27 בְּ)
2Sam 3:11 מִיִּרְאָתוֺ אֹתוֺ =
because he feared him,
Isa 48:4 מִדַּעְתִּי ֗֗֗ =
because I knew. . . So in
מִבְּלִי ֗֗֗ ,
מִבִּלְתִּי.
b. after verbs implying
restraint, prevention, cessation, etc., as
מִלֶּדֶת עֲצָרַנִי Gen 16:2 hath restrained me
from bearing,
וַתַּעֲמֹד מִלֶּדֶת Gen 29:35;
Gen 30:9: so with
חשׂך Gen 20:6 +,
חדל +
Exod 23:5 +,
כִּלָּה +
Exod 34:33 +,
נִכְלָא Exod 36:6,
מָנַע 1Sam 25:26 +,
שׁבת Jer 31:36 +,
יָרֵא מֵהַבִּיט Exod 3:6 +,
שִׁמְרוּ מִןהַֿחֵרֶם Josh 6:18;
2Chr 25:13 הֵשִׁיב מִלֶּכֶת. Especially
(
a) after similar verbs, expressing concisely a
negative consequence, literally
away from . . ., i.e.
so as not to, so that not: Gen 23:6 b
Gen 27:1 Jacob's eyes were dim,
ֵמרְאֹת away from seeing = so that he could not see, Gen 31:29 נִשְׁמַר מִן (|| vGen 31:24 פֶּן), Exod 14:5; Lev 26:13; Num 32:7; Deut 28:55 (his eye shall be envious etc.) מִתֵּת from giving = so that he will not give, Judg 6:27; Judg 1:31; Judg 7:8 do not be silent from us מִזְּעֹק so as not to call (compare 1Kgs 22:3), 1Sam 8:7 me have they rejected מִמְּלֹךְ עליהם, 1Sam 16:1 (Hos 4:6), 2Sam 14:11 (read מֵהַרְבּוֺת), Isa 5:6; Isa 8:11; Isa 21:3; Isa 23:1 is destroyed מִבּוֺא so that none can enter in, Isa 24:10; Isa 33:15; Isa 44:18; Isa 49:15; Isa 54:9; Isa 56:6; Isa 58:13; Jer 10:14 נִבְעַר ֗֗֗ מִדַּעַת is stupefied so that he has no knowledge, Jer 13:14; Jer 33:21; Jer 33:24; Jer 33:26; Ezek 20:17; Mic 3:6; Zech 7:11; Zech 7:12; Ps 30:4 Qr, Ps 39:2; Ps 69:24; Ps 102:5 (after שָׁכַח, peculiarly), Ps 106:23; Lam 3:44; Lam 4:18; Job 34:30a 2Chr 36:13. So in חָלִילָהלִֿי מֵעֲשׂוֺת that I should not do Gen 44:17 +.
(b) still more concisely, especially in poetry, with a noun alone: 1Sam 15:23 has rejected thee מִמֶּלֶךְ from (being) king (1Sam 15:26 מֶלֶךְ מִהְיוֺת), Lev 26:43 מֵהֶם, Isa 7:8 יֵחַת מֵעָם shall be shattered from (being) a people, that it be no more a people, Isa 17:1 מוּסָר מֵעִיר, Isa 25:2b; Isa 52:14 מֵאִישׁ מַרְאֵהוּ כֵּן מִשְׁחַת marred away from (being) a man('s), Jer 2:25 מִיָּחֵף, Jer 17:16 מֵרֹעֶה, Jer 48:2 וְנַכְרִיתֶנָּה מִגּוֺי, vJer 48:42 מֵעָם, Ps 8:6 hast made him lack but little מאלהים ut non esset Deus, Ps 83:5 מִגּוֺי, Prov 30:2 אָנֹכִי מֵאִישׁ בַּעַר too boorish to be a man: compare Dan 4:13; 1Kgs 15:13 וַיְסִרֶהָ מִגְּבִירָה removed her from (being) queen-mother, Ezek 16:41 וִהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ מִזּוֺנָה; and even to express absolutely the non-existence of a thing not named in the principal clause, as Isa 23:1 שֻׁדַּד מִבַּיִת כִּי so that there is no house, Ezek 12:19 (Ezek 32:15), Ezek 25:9 מֵהֶעָרִים, Hos 9:11 (3 t. in verse); Hos 9:12; Mic 3:6; Hag 1:10 מִטָּ֑ל, Zech 7:14; Zech 9:8; Ps 39:3; Ps 49:15 מִזְּבֻללֿוֺ so that it has no dwelling, Ps 52:7 יִסָּֽחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל pluck thee up tentless, Ps 109:24 is lean מִשָּׁ֑מֶן so that there is no fatness, Job 28:11; Job 33:21; Job 34:30b. Oft. strengthened by pleonastic אֵין or בְּלִי, as מֵאֵין יוֺשֵׁב Isa 5:9, מִבְּלִי יוֺשֵׁב see pp. 35:a, 115:b. compare Köiii. 592 ff.
c. with a temporal force, since, after (compare 4), chiefly late: Num 24:23 מִשֻּׂמוֺ אֵל after God's establishing him, Isa 44:7 מִשֻּׂמִי עַם עֿוֺלָם since I appointed the ancient people, Hos 7:4; Hag 2:16 (?) Ruth 2:18; Neh 5:14; 1Chr 8:8 מִןשִֿׁלְחוֺ אוֺתָם (compare 1Chr 6:16) 2Chr 31:10; Dan 11:23; Dan 12:1 (compare Dan 9:25), Ps 73:20 כַּחֲלוֺם מֵהָקִיץ after (one's) awaking, Job 20:4. 8. Once
Deut 33:11 as a
conjunction before a finite verb.
Smite . . . his haters מִןיְֿקוּמוּן that they rise not again, in poetry for
מִקּוּם (
7 b): compare
Dr§ 41. — On
מֵאֲשֵׁר adverb and
conjunction.
9. In compounds: —
a. מֵאַחֲרֵי, מֵאֵת, מִבֵּין, מִבַּלְעֲדֵי, מִבַּ֫עַד, מִלְּ (common in Late Hebrew,
5.); — (I) of
space,
Deut 4:32;
Judg 20:1 לְמִדַּן וְעַדבְּֿאֵר שֶׁבַע,
Mic 7:12.
Mic 7:12 (both
לְמִנִּי),
Zech 14:10;
1Chr 5:9 לְמֵרָחוֺק from afar
Job 36:3;
Job 39:29 (on
Ezra 3:13;
2Chr 26:15, see below
עַד לְ);
לְמִתַּחַת לְ =
underneath 1Kgs 7:32. Idiomatic, especially followed by
וְעַד, to denote comprehensively an entire class,
לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד בְּהֵמָה Exod 11:7;
Jer 51:62 (
לְמֵאָדָם),
לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד אִשָּׁה 2Sam 6:19;
2Chr 15:13,
לְמִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֺל 2Kgs 23:2;
Jer 42:8, simil.
2Chr 15:13;
Jer 31:34;
Esth 1:5;
Esth 1:20,
לְמֵרָע וְעַדטֿוֺב 2Sam 13:22,
וּלְמָ֑טָּה לְמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה 1Chr 27:23, compare
2Chr 25:5. — On
לְמִבֵּית Num 18:7. (2) of
time (often following by
עַד),
לְמִן הַיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ from the day when . . .,
Deut 4:32;
Deut 9:7;
2Sam 7:11 (||
1Chr 17:10 וּלְמִיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר)
Jer 7:25;
Jer 32:31;
Hag 2:18 לְמִקְצָת הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ Dan 1:18 לְמִן הַיּוֺם followed by infinitive (in apposition)
Exod 9:18;
2Sam 19:25 לְמִיּוֺם followed by infinitive (genitive)
Judg 19:30;
2Sam 7:6;
Isa 7:17 לְמִימֵי ֗֗֗ 2Kgs 19:25 (||
Isa 37:26 מימי)
Mal 3:7 עולם ועד עולם למןֿ Jer 7:7;
Jer 25:5 לְמֵרָחוֺק from afar = long before,
2Sam 7:19 =
1Chr 17:17;
2Kgs 19:25 =
Isa 37:26.
מְנָאוֺת see מְנָת below מנה. below
[מַנְגִּינָה] see נגן.
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II. מִנִּי, מִנֵּי see מִן. מִנִּי Ps 45:9 see I. [ מֵן].
מִנָיוֺת see מְנָת below מנה.
מִנְיָמִין, מִנְיָמִן see מִיָּמִן.
מִנְלָם see [ מִנְלֶה] below נלה.
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מִן preposition from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than (Biblical Hebrew and general Aramaic id.); — rarely assimilated, as in Hebrew, see Dan 6:5 מִצַּד, Ezra 5:11; Ezra 6:14 suffix מִנִּי, מִנָּךְ 3 masculine מִנֵּהּ, feminine מִנַּהּ Dan 2:42; Dan 7:24 3 masculine plural מִנְּהוֺן (so Palmyrene Tariff ii. a 34; Nabataean, Egyptian Aramaic מנהם, CookeNo. 89. 6, S-CPap. A 10) Dan 2:33 (twice in verse); Dan 2:41 (twice in verse); Dan 2:42 (twice in verse) Kt (Qr each time feminine מִנְּהֵן), Dan 6:3 (twice in verse); — 2. a. of the
source (Biblical Hebrew
2 b),
as to be fed from Dan 4:9 or author (ib. d), מִנִּי שִׂים טְעֵם = by me is a decree made, Dan 3:29; Dan 4:3 (Dan 6:27 מִןקֳֿדָמַי), Ezra 4:19 +, compare Ezra 5:17 מִנַּי = on my part Dan 2:5; Dan 2:8 (see אַזְדָּא).
b. of the immediate cause, as a result of, by, Dan 4:22 (= ב v.Dan 4:12 v.Dan 4:20), v.Dan 4:30; Dan 5:21: so with a verb of fearing Dan 5:19.
c. of the remoter cause, by reason of (Biblical Hebrew 2 f ), Dan 5:19 מִןרְֿבוּתָא, Dan 7:11 so מִןדִּֿי, see דִּי 3. d. of the
norm (compare Biblical Hebrew
2 g) =
at, according to,
Ezra 6:14 ׳מִןטַֿעַם אֱלָהּ יִשׂ at the decree of, etc.,
Ezra 7:23;
Dan 2:8 מִןיַֿצִּיב according to certainty, v
Dan 2:47 מִןקְֿשֹׁט.
4.
6. compounds: — see לְוָת, קֳדָס, [קַדְמָה], תְּחוֺת.
מְנֵא see מנה. below