מִןֿ and
מִּ , before
יְ (except
Daniel 12:2;
2 Chronicles 20:11) contracted to
מִי (as
מִידֵי from
מִיְּדֵי), before guttural and
ר, mostly
מֵ, occasionally
מִ (Ges
§ 102, l R.; more fully Kö
ii. 291ff),
מִן before article in all books much commoner than
מֵ־;
מִן; before other words most frequently in Chronicles [
51 times: elsewhere +
47 times (Kö
292)]; in poetry also
מִנִּי, with the old
י of the genitive (Ges
§ 90. 3 a)
Judges 5:14 (twice in verse);
Isaiah 46:3 (twice in verse);
Psalm 44:11;
Psalm 44:19;
Psalm 68:32;
Psalm 74:22;
Psalm 78:2;
Psalm 78:42;
Psalm 88:10 +
19 times Job, and in
לְמִנִּי †
Micah 7:12 (twice in verse) and
מִנֵּיֿ (on analogue of
עֲדֵי,
עֲלֵי) †
Isaiah 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 (DHM
ZMG xxix. 606 ff.; xxxvii. 375)); with suffix,
מִמֶּנִּי (the
מִן reduplicated, Ol
§ 223 c, and others, Kö
ii. 289 f.), in poetry
מִנִּי †
Isaiah 22:4;
Isaiah 30:1;
Isaiah 38:12;
Job 16:6,
מֶ֫נִּי †
Psalm 18:23;
Psalm 65:4;
Psalm 139:19;
Job 21:16;
Job 22:18;
Job 30:10;
מִמְּךָ,
מִמֶּ֑ךָּ,
מִמֵּךְ;
מִמֶּ֫נּוּ (†
Job 4:12 מֶ֫נְהוּ),
מִמֶּ֫נָּה;
1st person plural מִמֶּ֫נּוּ (according to Orientals
מִמֵּ֫נֿוּ : see Baer
Job. p. 57 Kö
290);
מִכֶּם;
מֵהֶם (
מִנְּהֶם †
Job 11:20),
מֵהֵ֫מָּה †
Jeremiah 10:2;
Ecclesiastes 12:12;
מֵהֵ֫נָּה +
7 times (see
הֵ֫מָּה 8c),
מֵהֶן (editions
מֵהֵן) †
Ezekiel 16:47,
52 (see Zerweck
Heb, 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
Exodus 19:14, to fall
from a roof
Deuteronomy 22:8,
from heaven
Isaiah 14:12, to go up
from a valley
Joshua 10:7, to raise up
from the dunghill
1 Samuel 2:8, or the ground
2 Samuel 12:17. So constantly with verbs of
going, as
בא,
הלך,
שׁב,
ברח (followed by a person, usually
מפני), of
calling, as
Isaiah 24:14 צָֽהֲלוּ מִיָּם,
Isaiah 42:10,
11;
Psalm 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 Exodus 23:7,
חֲדַל מִמֶּנּוּ desist
from us,
Exodus 14:2, so
הֶרֶף Deuteronomy 9:14,
הֵנִיחַ Deuteronomy 12:10,
השׁקיט >
Psalm 94:13,
שׁבת Genesis 2:2, compare
Genesis 5:29; note especially the pregnant constructions,
שׁפט to judge (and save)
from Psalm 43:1, followed by
מִיַּד 1 Samuel 24:16 +,
ענה to answer (and save)
from Psalm 22:22,
חרשׁ and
חשׁה to be silent (turning)
from Psalm 28:1 (twice in verse),
החרישׁו ממני Job 13:13;
Jeremiah 38:27;
Psalm 18:22 ולא רשׁעתי מאלהי not did wickedly (turning)
from my God,
Psalm 30:4 Kt.,
Psalm 73:27,
כלזֿוֺנֶה ממך,
Jeremiah 3:20 בָּגַד מִן (
εἰς =
ב),
Jeremiah 31:13 with
שִׂמַּח (
2 Chronicles 20:27),
Ezekiel 27:34;
Proverbs 25:17;
הֹקַר רַגְלְךָ מִבֵּית רֵעֶ֫ךָ,
Isaiah 29:4;
Isaiah 63:17;
Joel 1:12;
Jeremiah 51:5 אַלְמָן מֵאֱלֹהָיו widowed (and severed)
from etc.,
Ezekiel 44:22; also
Judges 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, which see: and others, especially
לקח,
דרשׁ,
הושׁיע,
הצּיל,
פּדה,
פִּלֵּט, idiomatic with
מִיַּד. With infinitives, see below
7b. 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
Deuteronomy 33:7;
Nahum 3:11 מָעוֺז מֵאוֺיֵב,
Psalm 32:7 סֵתֶר מִצַּר, Psalm 60:13
עֶזְרָת מִצָּ֑ר,
Isaiah 4:6 צֵל מֵחֹרֶב a shadow
from, the heat,
Isaiah 25:4. Here also belong
Isaiah 40:15 מַר מִדְּלִי a drop
from (hanging from) a bucket;
Songs 4:1 goats
גלעד מהר שֶׁגָֽלְשׁוּ 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
Daniel 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
Daniel 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):
Proverbs 20:3 שֶׁכֶת מֵרִיב to sit
away from strife (compare
ap. De),
Numbers 15:24 if the thing be done
מֵעֵינֵי הָעֵדָה away from the eyes of etc.,
Judges 5:11 De RV (but Be RVm
because of),
Isaiah 14:19 cast out
מִקִּבְרְךָ away from thy sepulchre,
Job 28:4 דַּלּוּ מֵאֱנוֺשׁ,
Genesis 4:11 cursed art thou
האדמה מןֿ, De Di
away from the (tilled) soil, compare
Genesis 4:14 (but Kn Ke
from, compare
Genesis 4:12 a),
Genesis 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 מִפַּחַד שָׁלוֺם בָּֽתֵּיהֶם are at peace
without fear,
Proverbs 1:33;
Jeremiah 48:45 fleeing
עָֽמְדוּ מִכֹּחַ they stand
without strength,
Isaiah 22:3 מִקֶּשֶׁת אֻסָּ֫רוּ (Hi De Di Che) they were bound
without the bow (being used) (but Ges as
2e: by the bowmen),
Zephaniah 3:18. (On
2 Samuel 13:16 see We or Dr). See also
7b. 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.):
Genesis 2:8 י׳ planted a garden in Eden
מִקֶּדֶם off, on the east,
Genesis 12:8 מִקֶּדֶם בֵּיתְאֵל מִיָּם וְהָעַי Bethel
off (
on) the West and `Ai
off (
on) the East; so
מִמִּוְרָח,
מִצָּפוֺן,
מִנֶּגֶכ Joshua 11:3;
Joshua 15:8;
Joshua 18:5;
1 Samuel 14:5, etc.: similarly
מִיָּמִין on the right,
מִשְּׂמאֹול on the left,
מִמּוּל and (more rarely)
מִפָּנִים on the front,
מֵאָחוֺר = behind (
2 Samuel 10:9),
מִסָּבִיב Deuteronomy 12:10 +
round about,
מִמַּעַל,
מִלְמַעְלָה, and
מֵעָ֑ל (rare) =
above,
מִתַּחַת Exodus 20:4 +
beneath,
מִבַּיִת on the inside,
מִחוּץ on the outside
Genesis 6:14 +,
מִנֶּגֶד in front, at a distance,
Genesis 21:16 +,
מֵרָחוֺק Exodus 2:4 +
afar off,
מִפְּנִ֫ימָה within,
מִזֶּה ֗֗֗ מִזֶּה and
֗֗֗מִפֹּה מִפֹּה on this side...
on that side. And so even with verbs of motion, as
Genesis 11:2 מִקֶּדֶם ויהי בנסעם as they journeyed — not
from, but — on,
the side of the east, virtually =
eastwards,
Genesis 13:11 and Lot journeyed
מקדם east,
Isaiah 17:13;
Isaiah 22:3 ברחו מֵרָחוֺק they fled — not
from afar but —
afar,
Isaiah 23:7 whose feet used to carry her
מֵרָחוֺק afar off to sojourn,
Isaiah 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
Joshua 8:13 לָעִיר מִיָּם on the west of the city,
מִקֶּדֶם לְ Genesis 3:24,
מִצְּפוֺן לְ (construct Ges
§ 130 a, n.)
Joshua 8:11,
13;
Joshua 24:30,
מִימִינֶ֑ךָ Psalm 91:7,
מִתַּחַת לְ Genesis 1:7,
מִמַּעַל לְ Genesis 22:9,
מִבֵּית לְ Leviticus 16:2:
מֵאַחֲרֵי behind Exodus 14:19 מִצַּד בֵּיתְאֵל beside Bethel
Joshua 12:9,
מִצִּדּוֺ beside it
1 Samuel 6:8,
מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן on the other side of Jordan
Numbers 21:1 +;
מֵהָֽלְאָה לְ beyond Amos 5:27; tablets written
מִשְּׁנֵי עֶבְרֵיהֶם on both their sides,
מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו Jeremiah 49:32 + (see further the words cited). So
מֵהַבַּיִת on the side of the house
Ezekiel 40:7,
8,
9,
מֵאֵצֶל beside Ezekiel 40:7;
1 Samuel 20:21 the arrows are
מִמְּךָ וָהֵנָּה from thee and hither = on this side of thee,
1 Samuel 20:22 מִמְּךָ וָהָֽלְהָא, compare
Numbers 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 Genesis 3:23,
לָקַח Genesis 34:26,
גָנַב Genesis 40:15,
הִכְרִית Exodus 8:5;
Psalm 101:8,
גֵּרֵשׁ Judges 11:7, etc.; to draw
out of water, a pit, etc.
Exodus 2:10;
Psalm 40:3; to cast
out of the hand
Judges 15:17; to rescue
out of the mouth
Amos 3:12; to drink
מִכּוֺס 2 Samuel 12:3;
Deuteronomy 30:3 וְקִבֶּצְךָ מִןהָֿעַמִּים,
Ezekiel 11:17;
Ezekiel 36:24 +: pregnantly with
חָרֵד Hosea 10:10,
11,
רגז Micah 7:17 to tremble (and come)
out of,
חרג Psalm 18:46 (||
2 Samuel 22:46 חגר),
Psalm 74:11;
Isaiah 38:17 חָשַׁק (ni
חָשַׂךְ leg.),
Ezekiel 28:16 חִלֵּל,
Ezra 2:62; compare
מִפֶּה נִשְׁכַּח Deuteronomy 31:21,
מִלֵּב Psalm 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.,
Genesis 4:10;
Numbers 24:19 (
Psalm 110:1),
Deuteronomy 4:35 קלו מןהֿשׁמים השׁמיעך אתֿ,
Amos 1:2 מציון ישׁאג י׳,
Psalm 14:2;
Psalm 20:3 send thee help
מִקֹּדֶשׁ,
Psalm 14:7 יַעֲנֵהוּ מִשְּׁמֵי קָדְשׁוֺ,
Psalm 42:7; Psalm 68:36;
Psalm 85:12;
Psalm 109:10 ודרשׁו מחרבזתיהם seek (their bread)
out of their desolate homes (but Ew De as
1b far from;
Gr Che
יְגָֹֽרְשׁוּ let them
be driven from),
Psalm 128:5;
Psalm 130:1;
Job 27:23;
Isaiah 29:18 to see
out of darkness,
Songs 2:9 to look out
מִןהַֿחַלֹּנוֺת from the windows (usually
בעד),
Songs 5:4 he put forth his hand
מִןהַֿחוֺר from (i.e.
in through) the hole (in the door or wall).
b. of the material out of which anything is formed, or from which it is derived:
(a) Genesis 2:19 to form
מןהֿאדמה out of the soil,
Genesis 2:23 מִבְּשָׂרִי עֶצֶם מֵעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר,
Exodus 39:1;
Numbers 6:4;
Hosea 13:2 to make images
מִפַּסְפָּם,
Psalm 16:4 נִסְכֵּיהֶם מִדָּם,
Psalm 45:14;
Songs 3:9;
Isaiah 40:17 מאפס ותהו נחשׁבולֿו as
made of nought and unreality are they reckoned by him (||
כְּאַיִן נֶגְדּוֺ),
Isaiah 41:24 הֵן אַתֶּם מֵאַיִן (||
מֵאָ֑פַע, read
מֵאָ֑פֶם),
Psalm 62:10 מֵהֶבֶל (
al. 6c),
Proverbs 13:11;
Exodus 25:19,
31 its cups, its knops, etc.,
ממנה יהיו shall be
from it (i.e. of one piece with it), so
Exodus 25:35;
Exodus 25:36;
Exodus 27:2;
Exodus 30:2 al.;
(b) with verbs of eating, filling, etc., as
שׁתה Genesis 9:21;
Job 21:20 מֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּה,
Songs 8:2 הִשְׁקָה,
רָוָה Psalm 36:9 +,
רִוָּה Isaiah 34:7,
שׂבע Proverbs 18:20 +,
השׂביע Psalm 81:17 +,
מִלֵּא (rare)
Psalm 127:5: compare
Deuteronomy 32:42 אַשְׁכִּיר חִצַּי מִדָּם,
Isaiah 51:21;
Psalm 28:7 (peculiar)
וּמִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ out of song I will thank him (
Psalm 69:31 ב׳), also (unusual)
Isaiah 2:3 וְיוֺרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו i.e.
out of (the treasure of) his ways (
al. particle =
some of),
Psalm 94:12b מִתּוֺרָֽתְךָ תְלַמְּדֶנּוּ;
Ecclesiastes 7:10 to speak
מֵחָכְמָה (compare Rabb
מִתּוֺךְ).
c. of the source or origin: namely
(b) of the tribe or people,
from which a person comes (compare
1a),
Numbers 3:12 כל בכור ֗֗֗ מכני ישׂר׳,
Joshua 12:4;
2 Samuel 4:2;
2 Samuel 21:2;
Jeremiah 1:1 +; and so of a person's native place, as
Judges 12:8 אבצן מבית לחם Ibzan
from Biblical,
Judges 13:2 אִישׁ מִצָּרְעָה Judges 17:1,
7;
1 Samuel 1:1;
1 Samuel 9:1;
2 Samuel 23:20,
30;
Amos 1:1 +, compare
Jeremiah 46:25 אָמוֺן מִנּאֹ;
Isaiah 48:1 וּמִמֵּי יְהוּדָה יָצָֽאוּ,
Isaiah 48:2 מֵעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ נִקְֽֽֽראוּ,
Isaiah 58:12 וּבָנוּ מִמֵךְ (those)
from thee shall build,
Psalm 68:27 מִמְּקוֺר ישׂראל ye (sprung)
from the fountain of Israel,
Micah 5:1;
Nahum 1:11 Nahum 1:14 figurative
מִשִּׁמְךָ),
Zephaniah 3:18;
Jeremiah 30:21;
Zechariah 10:4.
d. of the
source or
author of an action, counsel, or event:
1 Samuel 24:14 מֵרְשָׁעִים יֵצֵא רֶשַׁע,
2 Samuel 3:37 היתה מהמלך לא it was not
from the king to, etc.; specifically of
י׳,
Genesis 24:50 יצא הדבר כי מי׳,
Judges 14:4 knew
הוא כי מי׳ that it was
from J.,
1 Kings 2:15 היתה לו כי מי׳,
Proverbs 16:1;
Proverbs 20:24 מִצְעֲדֵי גֶבֶר מי׳,
Psalm 37:39;
Psalm 62:2 מִמֶּנּוּ יְשׁוּעָתִי,
Hosea 8:4 they have made kings,
מִמֶּנִּי וְלֹא not
from me, i.e. not at my prompting,
Isaiah 30:1;
Isaiah 50:11 (
מִיָּדִי)
Ezekiel 3:17 end =
Ezekiel 33:7 and warn them
from me,
1 Chronicles 5:22;
1 Chronicles 13:2;
2 Chronicles 22:7;
25:20 (synonym
מֵאֵת,
מֵעִם, which are more frequent in this sense); in poetry
Hosea 7:5 חֲמַת מִיַּיִן heat
from wine,
Psalm 9:14 מִֽֽֽשּׂנְאַי עָנְיִי at the hands of my haters,
Psalm 74:22;
Job 4:13 לַיְלָה מֵחֶזְיֹנוֺת שְׂעִפִּים thoughts (arising)
out of, etc.,
Job 6:25 הוֺכֵחַ מִכֶּם reproof
proceeding from you,
Job 20:29 (twice in verse),
Psalm 78:2 חִידוֺת מִקֶּדֶם indirect lessons (springing)
out of antiquity;
Daniel 11:31 זְרֹעִים מִמֶּנּוּ (Kö
iii. 241). As marking the author of a judgment or estimate (rare),
Numbers 32:22 וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל נְקִיִּם מי׳ guiltless
at the hands of (= in the judgment of) J. and Israel (compare
מֵעִם 2 Samuel 3:28;
Job 34:33),
Job 4:17 shall man be just
מֵאֱלֹהַּ at God's hands ? (||
מֵעשֵֹׁהוּ),
Jeremiah 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. 254 ζήησιν ἀπὸ σφέων γενέσθαι):
(b) the cause, a
thing,
Genesis 49:24 his arms were agile
מידי אביר יעקב from the hands, etc.,
Isaiah 6:4 the thresholds shook
מִקּוֺל הַקּוֺרֵא (so
מקול elsewhere, as
Isaiah 30:31;
Isaiah 33:3;
Jeremiah 8:16),
Jeremiah 28:7 תָעוּ מִןהַֿשֵּׁכָר (||
ב),
Jeremiah 31:4,
9;
Jeremiah 10:10;
Ezekiel 19:10 became fruitful
מִמַּיִם רַבִּים,
Ezekiel 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 Psalm 39:11;
Psalm 73:19 סָפוּ תַּמּוּ מִןבַּֿלָּהוֺת,
Psalm 78:65 מִתְרוֺנֵן מִיַּיִן,
Psalm 104:15 להצהיל פנים משׁמן from oil,
Psalm 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,
Genesis 9:11 to be cut off
מִמֵּי הַמַּבּוּל,
2 Samuel 7:29 וּמִכִּכָֽתְךָ יְבֹרַח,
Isaiah 28:7 נבלעו מןהֿיין are undone
through wine (
Isaiah 22:3 is dubious: see
1b),
Obadiah 9;
Job 28:4 הַנִּשְׁכָּחִים מִנִּי רָ֑גֶל; compare
Isaiah 34:3;
Hosea 6:8.
f. of the remoter cause, the ultimate ground
on account of which something happens or is done. (N.B. The line between
e and f. is not always clearly defined):
Exodus 2:23 they sighed
מןהֿעבדה on account of the bondage,
Exodus 6:9;
Exodus 15:23;
Deuteronomy 7:7 not
מֵרֻבְּכֶם through, by reason of, your numbers did J. set his love upon you,
Joshua 22:24 to do a thing
מִדְּאָנָה out of carefulness,
2 Samuel 23:4 מִנֹּגַהּ,
1 Kings 14:4;
Isaiah 53:5 wounded
מִפְּשָׁעֵינוּ on account of our transgressions, bruised
מֵעֲוֺנוֺתֵינוּ,
Isaiah 53:8;
Job 4:19;
Obadiah 10;
Habakkuk 2:17;
Psalm 6:8 עשׁשׁה עיני מִכַּעַס from vexation (compare
Job 17:7:
Psalm 31:10 ב׳),
Psalm 31:12;
Psalm 38:19 I am concerned
on account of my sin,
Proverbs 20:4 מֵחֹרֶף עצל לא יחרשׁ by reason of the winter,
Job 22:4 הֲמִיִּרְאָ֑תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ on account of thy fear of him?
Songs 3:8;
Ruth 1:13 כִּימַֿרלִֿי מְאֹד מִכֶּם because of you: see also
Deuteronomy 28:34,
67;
Deuteronomy 32:19;
Judges 2:18;
Isaiah 65:14;
Jeremiah 12:4;
Jeremiah 24:2 מֵרֹעַ,
Jeremiah 50:13;
Jeremiah 51:5b (Ew Ke),
Ezekiel 7:27 (but read probably with
Co
כְּדרכם),
Ezekiel 16:61;
Ezekiel 35:11 (AV
out of),
Ezekiel 45:20;
Micah 2:12;
Micah 7:13;
Psalm 5:11;
Psalm 12:6;
Psalm 107:17;
Psalm 119:53;
Genesis 49:12 red of eyes
מִיָּ֑יִן, and white of teeth
מֵחָלָב. Often also in
מֵרֹב from the abundance of, absolute
for abundance, with many different verbs, as
Genesis 16:10 לֹא יִסָּפֵר מֵרֹב Joshua 9:13;
1 Samuel 1:16, etc. Similarly in
מֵאֵין,
מִבְּלִי,
מִבִּלְתִּי; and before an infinitive (
7a), and in
מֵאֲשֶׁר
g. the cause being conceived as regulative,
מן occasionally approaches in sense to
according to (compare Latin
ex more,
ex lege),
Jonah 3:7 proclaimed in Nineveh
מטעם המלך וגדליו at, by, in accordance with, the decree of the king (compare Aramaic
H4481 Ezra 6:14;
Daniel 2:8): so
Job 39:26 (
2e (
b)) according to Ges Hi.
3. Partitively (a sense connecting with 2a (c), above): —
a. Genesis 6:19 שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל two out of, from, all,
Genesis 7:8;
Genesis 39:11 אישׁ מן ֗֗֗ a man (or one)
of... (so
Numbers 25:6; 1 Samuel 24:28 +,
אנשׁים מן ֗֗֗ Numbers 16:2;
Joshua 2:2 +,
2 Kings 2:7, etc.);
Genesis 42:16 send
מִכֶּם אֶחָד Leviticus 1:2a Leviticus 17:12 כלנֿפשׁ מִכֶּם,
Leviticus 19:34;
Leviticus 26:8,
Judges 8:14 נַעַר מֵאַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֺת,
1 Samuel 22:8, etc.;
Judges 14:19;
2 Kings 2:24;
Isaiah 66:19;
אֶחָד מִן ֗֗֗ 1 Samuel 16:18 +,
אַחַד מִן ֗֗֗ (Ges
§ 130, 1)
Deuteronomy 25:5 +;
אַחַת מֵהֵ֫נָּה Psalm 34:21;
Isaiah 34:16;
מִי מִן ֗֗֗ Job 5:1;
Isaiah 50:1,
אֵין מִן ֗֗֗ 1 Samuel 14:39;
Isaiah 51:18;
Isaiah 21:11 מהֿ מלילה how much
of the night?
2 Chronicles 31:3 וּמְנָת הַמֶּלָח מִןרְֿכוּשׁוֺ.
b. the number being omitted, מִן is used indefinitely: —
(a) =
some of, — as subject
Exodus 16:27 יצאו מןהֿעם there went out (some)
of the people,
Leviticus 25:49;
2 Samuel 11:17,
24, especially in late Hebrew
Ezra 2:68,
70;
Ezra 7:7;
Nehemiah 11:4,
25;
1 Chronicles 4:42;
1 Chronicles 9:30,
32;
2 Chronicles 17:11;
32:21;
Daniel 11:35; more frequently as object, especially with
לקח,
Genesis 4:3 האדמה מִפְּרִי וַיָּבֵא brought
of the fruit of the ground,
Genesis 30:14 give me
מִדּוּדָאֵי בְנֵךְ (some)
of thy son's love-apples,
Genesis 33:15;
Exodus 12:7;
Exodus 17:5;
Leviticus 18:30;
Leviticus 20:2;
Numbers 11:17;
Numbers 13:23;
1 Kings 12:4;
Isaiah 39:7;
Isaiah 47:13;
Amos 2:11;
Daniel 8:10 +,
Songs 1:2 פִּיו מִנְּשִׁיקוֺת ישׁקני let him kiss me (with)
some of the kisses etc.,
Psalm 72:15;
Psalm 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...
Nehemiah 5:5;
מֵהֶם ֗֗֗ מֵהֶם ֗֗֗ some... others... 1 Chronicles 9:28f. (as in Aramaic
H4481 Daniel 2:33, and PS
2155);
מִקְצָת ֗֗֗ some of... (as in Late Hebrew) †
Daniel 1:2;
Nehemiah 7:69.
(d) peculiarly, with a noun of unity, especially
אֶחָד, to express forcibly the idea of a
single one: Deuteronomy 15:7 if there be a poor man in thy midst,
מֵאַחַר אַחֶיךָ any one of thy brethren,
Leviticus 4:2b if he doeth
מֵאַחַת מֵהֵ֫נָּה any one of these things,
Leviticus 5:13;
Ezekiel 18:10 מֵאַחַד מֵאֵלֶּה וְעָשָׂה אָח (where
אח is a
vox nihili) and doeth
aught of these things;
1 Samuel 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
§ 122 t Dr), compare
2 Samuel 14:11;
1 Kings 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; Qor19:19 dost thou perceive
even one of them? Qor 6:59 there falleth not
even a single leaf (noun of individual meaning) without His knowing it. See further Thes, and W
AG. ii. § 48 f. b),
(e) (rare) specifying the objects, or elements, of which a Genus consists (the Arabic
,
min of
explication, W
AG. ii. § 48 g):
Genesis 6:2 אשׁר בחרו מכל consisting of all whom they chose,
Genesis 7:22;
Genesis 9:10;
Leviticus 11:32 (
מכל),
1 Chronicles 5:18;
Jeremiah 40:7 (
מאשׁר);
Jeremiah 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: W
l.c.). — On
מֵאַיִן Jeremiah 10:6,
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 Deuteronomy 9:24 מִיּוֺם דַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם from the day of my (first) knowing you (
so 1 Samuel 7:2;
1 Samuel 8:8 +);
1 Samuel 18:9 מהיום ההוא וָהָֽלְאָה from that day and onwards, simil. †
Leviticus 22:27;
Numbers 15:23;
Ezekiel 39:22;
Isaiah 18:2,
7 (where
מִןהֿוּא =
מֵאֲשֶׁר הוּא; compare
Nahum 2:9 מִימֵי הִיא =
מִימֵי אֲשֶׁר הִיא);
מהיום ההוא וָמָֽעְלָה †
1 Samuel 16:13;
1 Samuel 30:25 (
Haggai 2:15,
18 apparently of time
backwards);
מֵאָז from the time of....;
מִןהַֿבֶּטֶן from the womb
Judges 13:5,
7,
מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי Judges 16:17 +;
מִימֵי ֗֗֗ Hosea 10:9;
Isaiah 23:7;
Jeremiah 36:2 +;
מִיָּמֶיךָ idiomatic =
since thou wast born †
1 Samuel 25:28;
1 Kings 1:6 (
מִיָּמָיו),
Job 38:12;
מִקֶּדֶם from antiquity
Habakkuk 1:12;
Psalm 74:12;
Isaiah 42:14 הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מֵעוֺלָם I have been silent
since old time;
מֵעַתָּה from now,
hence-forth Jeremiah 3:4 +,
מִיּוֺם from to-day
Isaiah 43:13;
Ezekiel 48:35,
מןהֿיום הזה Haggai 2:19. See also
5c, 7 c. Compare
Exodus 33:6 מֵהַר חוֺרֵב from Horeb,
Hosea 13:4 I am
י׳ thy God
מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם.
b. as marking the period immediately succeeding the limit,
after: Genesis 38:24 כְּמִשְׁלשׁ חֳדָשִׁים after about three months it was told Judah,
מִיָּמִים רַבִּים Joshua 23:1;
Ezekiel 38:8,
מִיָּמִים after (some) days, †
Judges 11:4;
Judges 14:8;
Judges 15:1,
מִיֹּמַיִם after two days †
Hosea 6:2;
מֵרֹב יָמִים Isaiah 24:22: more frequently with
קֵץ or
קָצֶה,
Genesis 4:3 מִקֵּץ יָמִים,
Genesis 8:3;
Joshua 3:2 + often;
Deuteronomy 14:28 מִקְצֵה שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים,
Deuteronomy 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,
Genesis 19:34 + often;
מֵהַבֹּקֶר 2 Samuel 2:27. —
2 Samuel 23:4 מִמָּטָר;
Isaiah 53:11 מֵעֲמַל נַפְשׁוֺ; perhaps
Isaiah 29:18 (Kö
581). Compare
2 Samuel 20:5 and he delayed
מןהֿמועד beyond the appointed time.
c. in such phrases, however,
מִן sometimes (compare
1c) loses its significance: thus
מֵאָז 2 Samuel 15:34;
Isaiah 16:13 not
from former time, but
in former time, formerly,
Genesis 6:4 הַגִּבּוֺרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֺלָם which were
of old,
Joshua 24:2 dwelt
of old,
Psalm 77:6 days
מִקֶּדֶם aforetime,
מֵאַחֲרֵי Deuteronomy 29:21 — †
מִקָּרוֺב literally
from near, i.e. recently
Deuteronomy 32:17, of short duration
Job 20:5, shortly
Ezekiel 7:8; at hand (in a
local sense,
1c)
Jeremiah 23:23.
5. (וְעַד) מִן ֗֗֗ עַד from... even, to : very oft.: —
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: Genesis 19:4 מִנַּעַר וְעַדזָֿקֵן from young
to old (i.e. both included) =
both young
and old,
Genesis 19:11;
1 Samuel 5:9 +
מִקָּטֹן וְעַדגָּֿדוֺל =
both great
and small,
Jeremiah 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,
Exodus 9:25 +
מאדם ועד בהמה both man
and beast,
Exodus 11:5 עד ֗֗֗ פּרעה מבכור וגו׳ השׁפחה בכור,
Exodus 13:15;
Numbers 6:4;
Deuteronomy 29:10 עד שֹׁאב מימיך מחֹטב עציך,
Joshua 8:25 +
מאישׁ ועד אשׁה,
1 Samuel 15:3 (4 pairs),
1 Samuel 22:19;
1 Kings 5:13;
2 Kings 17:9 =
2 Kings 18:8,
Isaiah 10:18 מנפשׁ ועד בשׂר =
both soul
and body,
Jeremiah 9:9; after a word implying a negative =
either... or Genesis 14:23;
Genesis 31:24,
29 מטוב עד רע either good
or evil. The
עַד may be repeated, if required:
Genesis 6:7 עדבֿהמה עד רמשׂ ועדעֿוף השׁמים מאדם (so
Genesis 7:23),
Exodus 22:3;
Joshua 6:21;
Judges 15:5 מִגָּדִישׁ וְעַדקָֿמָה וְעַדכֶּֿרֶם זָ֑יִת,
Judges 20:48;
1 Samuel 30:19: without
מן,
Leviticus 11:42;
Numbers 8:4. Similar is the use of
מן in the idiom (
וָמָֽטָּה)
מִבֶּןשָׁ֗֗֗נָה וָמָֽעְלָה (also
וְעַדבֶּֿן ֗֗֗ שָׁנָה); and compare
2 Kings 3:21
d. there occur further
(1) מִן ֗֗֗ אֶלֿ,
Joshua 15:21;
Exodus 26:28 =
Exodus 36:33 מִןהַֿקָּצֶה אֶלהַֿקָּצֶה from end
to end,
Ezekiel 40:23,
27;
Ezra 9:11 מִפֶּה־אֶל־פֶּה;
Psalm 144:13 מִזַּן אֶל זַן from kind
to kind = kinds of every sort; with a verb of motion,
Jeremiah 48:11;
Psalm 105:13;
1 Chronicles 17:5, and expressing a climax,
Psalm 84:8 יֵָֽלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶלחַֿיִל,
Jeremiah 9:2 (compare
Romans 1:17): of time,
מיוםאֿליֿום Numbers 30:15, compare
1 Chronicles 16:23 (||
Psalm 96:2 לְ); implying
intervals,
מֵעֵת אֶלעֵֿת †
1 Chronicles 9:25.
6. In comparisons, beyond, above, hence in English than: so constantly: namely
a. when an object is compared with another distinct from itself,
Judges 14:18 מַהמָּֿתוֺק מִדְּבַשׁ what is sweet
away from, beyond in excess of, honey ? i.e. in our idiom, what is
sweeter than honey ?
Leviticus 21:10 הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֺל מֵאֶחָיו the priest that is great
above his brethren,
Numbers 14:12;
Ezekiel 28:3 חָכָם מִדָּנִאֵל wiser
than Daniel,
Psalm 119:72 + very often;
Hosea 2:9 כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מֵעָ֑תָּה; with an infinitive (sometimes with
לְ) as subject,
Genesis 29:10 טוֺב תִּתִּי אֹתָהּ לְךָ מִתִּתִּי אֹתָהּ וגו׳ better is my giving her to thee
than my giving her to another,
Exodus 14:12;
1 Samuel 15:22;
Proverbs 21:9,
19;
Proverbs 25:7;
Psalm 118:8;
Psalm 118:9 +; with verbs,
Genesis 19:9 עתה נָרַע לְךָ מֵהֶם now we will harm thee
beyond them,
more than them,
Genesis 25:23 לְאֹם מִלְאֹם יֶאֱמַץ,
Genesis 26:16;
Genesis 29:30 אתרֿחל מִלֵּאָה ויאהב גםֿ,
Genesis 38:26 צָֽדְקָה מִמֶּנִּי,
Genesis 48:19 יִגְדַּל מִמֶּנּוּ,
Judges 2:19 השׁחיתו מאבותם they have done corruptly
more than their fathers,
1 Samuel 2:29;
2 Samuel 20:6;
1 Kings 1:37;
1 Kings 14:9;
Jeremiah 5:3;
Ezekiel 5:6 + often; =
in, preference to, above,
Psalm 45:8;
Psalm 52:5 (twice in verse);
Hosea 6:6;
Habakkuk 2:16, after
בחר Jeremiah 8:3;
Job 7:15;
Job 36:21;
Psalm 84:11 (
מִדּוּר) +: note also
נֹפֵל מִן Job 12:3;
Job 13:2 —
to (Ew Ges and others Hi; al. De);
שֹׁנֶה מִן different
from Esther 1:7;
Esther 3:8.
b. when an object is compared with a group or multitude of which it forms one, especially with
מִכֹּל,
Genesis 3:1 מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עָרוּם subtil
out of all beasts of the field, or
beyond, above all (other) beasts,
Genesis 3:14 cursed
above all cattle (but without implying any judgment whether other cattle are cursed likewise),
Genesis 37:3 Israel loved Joseph
מִכָּלבָּֿנָיו out of all his sons, or
above all his (other) sons,
Deuteronomy 7:7;
Deuteronomy 33:24 בָּרוּךְ מִבָּנִים אָשֵׁר blessed above sons be Asher,
Judges 5:24 תְּבֹרַח מִנָּשִׁים blessed
above women be Jael,
1 Samuel 9:2b 1 Samuel 15:33 כֵּן תִּשְׁכַּל מִנָּשִׁים אִמֶּ֑ךָ,
1 Samuel 18:30;
Jeremiah 17:9 עָקֹב מִכֹּל deceitful
above all things,
Psalm 45:3;
Songs 5:10 דָּגוּל מֵרְבָבָה (compare
בָּחַר מִן above
2a 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,
Isaiah 10:10 ופסיליהם מירושׁלם and their idols are (more)
than (those of) Jerusalem,
Micah 7:4 יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה the uprightest is (sharper)
than a thorn-hedge (but We
from),
Job 11:7;
Job 28:18;
Psalm 4:8 מֵעֵת beyond (that of) the time when etc. Ecclesiastes 4:17;
Ecclesiastes 9:17; compare
Ezekiel 15:2.
d. מן not unfrequently expresses the idea of a thing being
too much for a person, or surpassing his powers:
Genesis 18:14 הֲיִפָּלֵא דָּבָר מי׳ can a thing be
too hard for J.? (so
Deuteronomy 17:8 +; compare
Psalm 131:1;
Psalm 139:6 +),
Psalm 32:11 קָטֹנְתִּי מִן,
Deuteronomy 14:24 כִּי יִרְבֶּה מִמְּךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ = is
too great for thee (
1 Kings 19:7), 1Ki 32:47
רֵק מִכֶּם : so with
עָצַם Genesis 26:16,
כָּבֵד be
too heavy for Exodus 18:18;
Psalm 38:5,
מָךְ Leviticus 27:8 (too poor to pay),
קָשָׁה Deuteronomy 1:7,
צַר be
too narrow for,
2 Kings 6:1;
Isaiah 49:19,
קצר Isaiah 50:2,
אָמַץ Psalm 18:18,
ירום נמני is
too high for me
Psalm 61:3,
גָּבַר Psalm 65:4;
מִמְּךָ הַֽמְעַט †
Job 15:11 too little for thee ?
מִכֶּם הַֽמְעַט †
Numbers 16:9;
Isaiah 7:13;
Ezekiel 34:18 (see
מְעַט; also on
Ezekiel 16:20); often with an infinitive, as
Genesis 4:13 גָּדוֺל עֲוֺנִי מִנְּשׂוֺא is
greater than I can bear,
Genesis 30:7 their substance was
רַב מִשֶּׁבֶת יַחְדָּו literally
great beyond dwelling together =
too great for (their) dwelling together,
Exodus 12:4;
Judges 7:2 מִתִּתִּי רַב =
too great for me to give,
1 Samuel 25:17b 1 Kings 8:64 רַב מֵהָכִיל,
Isaiah 28:20;
Isaiah 33:19;
Isaiah 59:1;
Habakkuk 1:13;
Psalm 40:6;
Ruth 1:12: note especially
רַב מִן it is
more than that... (= there is enough of),
Exodus 9:28;
1 Kings 12:28, followed by substantive
Ezekiel 44:6 (see
רַב); and
Isaiah 49:6 נָקֵל מִהְיוֺתְךָ לִי עֶבֶד לְהָקִים וגו׳ too light for thy being my servant was it to raise up, etc.,
Ezekiel 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
1 Kings 16:31).
7. מן is prefixed to an infinitive:
b. after verbs implying
restraint, prevention, cessation, etc., as
מִלֶּדֶת עֲצָרַנִי Genesis 16:2 hath restrained me
from bearing,
וַתַּעֲמֹד מִלֶּדֶת Genesis 29:35;
Genesis 30:9: so with
חשׂך Genesis 20:6 +,
חדל +
Exodus 23:5 +,
כִּלָּה +
Exodus 34:33 +,
נִכְלָא Exodus 36:6,
מָנַע 1 Samuel 25:26 +,
שׁבת Jeremiah 31:36 +,
יָרֵא מֵהַבִּיט Exodus 3:6 +,
שִׁמְרוּ מִןהַֿחֵרֶם Joshua 6:18;
2 Chronicles 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: Genesis 23:6b;
Genesis 27:1 Jacob's eyes were dim,
מֲרְאֹת away from seeing =
so that he could not see,
Genesis 31:29 נִשְׁמַר מִן (||
Genesis 31:24 פֶּן),
Exodus 14:5;
Leviticus 26:13;
Numbers 32:7;
Deuteronomy 28:55 (his eye shall be envious etc.)
מִתֵּת from giving =
so that he will not give,
Judges 6:27; 1 Samuel 21:31;
1 Samuel 7:8 do not be silent from us
מִזְּעֹק so as not to call (compare
1 Kings 22:3),
1 Samuel 8:7 me have they rejected
מִמְּלֹךְ עליהם,
1 Samuel 16:1 (
Hosea 4:6),
2 Samuel 14:11 (read
מֵהַרְבּוֺת),
Isaiah 5:6;
Isaiah 8:11;
Isaiah 21:3;
Isaiah 23:1 is destroyed
מִבּוֺא so that none can enter in,
Isaiah 24:10;
Isaiah 33:15;
Isaiah 44:18;
Isaiah 49:15;
Isaiah 54:9;
Isaiah 56:6;
Isaiah 58:13;
Jeremiah 10:14 נִבְעַר ֗֗֗ מִדַּעַת is stupefied
so that he has no knowledge,
Jeremiah 13:14;
Jeremiah 33:21,
24,
26;
Ezekiel 20:17;
Micah 3:6;
Zechariah 7:11;
Zechariah 7:12;
Psalm 30:4 Qr,
Psalm 39:2;
Psalm 69:24;
Psalm 102:5 (after
שָׁכַח, peculiarly),
Psalm 106:23;
Lamentations 3:44;
Lamentations 4:18;
Job 34:30a 2 Chronicles 36:13. So in
חָלִילָהלִֿי מֵעֲשׂוֺת that I should not do
Genesis 44:17 +.
(b) still more concisely, especially in poetry, with a noun alone:
1 Samuel 15:23 has rejected thee
מִמֶּלֶךְ from (being) king (
1 Samuel 15:26 מֶלֶךְ מִהְיוֺת),
Leviticus 26:43 מֵהֶם,
Isaiah 7:8 יֵחַת מֵעָם shall be shattered
from (being) a people,
that it be no more a people,
Isaiah 17:1 מוּסָר מֵעִיר,
Isaiah 25:2b;
Isaiah 52:14 מֵאִישׁ מַרְאֵהוּ כֵּן מִשְׁחַת marred
away from (being) a man('s),
Jeremiah 2:25 מִיָּחֵף,
Jeremiah 17:16 מֵרֹעֶה,
Jeremiah 48:2 וְנַכְרִיתֶנָּה מִגּוֺי,
Jeremiah 48:42 מֵעָם,
Psalm 8:6 hast made him lack but little
מאלהים ut non esset Deus,
Psalm 83:5 מִגּוֺי,
Proverbs 30:2 אָנֹכִי מֵאִישׁ בַּעַר too boorish
to be a man: compare
Daniel 4:13;
1 Kings 15:13 וַיְסִרֶהָ מִגְּבִירָה removed her
from (being) queen-mother,
Ezekiel 16:41 וִהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ מִזּוֺנָה; and even to express absolutely the non-existence of a thing not named in the principal clause, as
Isaiah 23:1 שֻׁדַּד מִבַּיִת כִּי so that there is no house,
Ezekiel 12:19 (
Ezekiel 32:15),
Ezekiel 25:9 מֵהֶעָרִים,
Hosea 9:11 (
3 times in verse);
Hosea 9:12;
Micah 3:6;
Haggai 1:10 מִטָּ֑ל,
Zechariah 7:14;
Zechariah 9:8;
Psalm 39:3;
Psalm 49:15 מִזְּבֻללֿוֺ so that it has no dwelling,
Psalm 52:7 יִסָּֽחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל pluck thee up
tentless,
Psalm 109:24 is lean
מִשָּׁ֑מֶן so that there is no fatness,
Job 28:11;
Job 33:21;
Job 34:30b. Often strengthened by pleonastic
אֵין or
בְּלִי, as
מֵאֵין יוֺשֵׁב Isaiah 5:9,
מִבְּלִי יוֺשֵׁב see pp. 35:a, 115:b. compare Kö
iii. 592 ff.
8. Once
Deuteronomy 33:11 as a
conjunction before a finite verb.
Smite... his haters מִןיְֿקוּמוּן that they rise not again, in poetry for
מִקּוּם (
7b): compare Dr
§ 41.
9. In compounds: —
a. מֵאַחֲרֵי,
מֵאֵת,
מִבֵּין,
מִבַּלְעֲדֵי,
מִבַּ֫עַד,
מִלְּ (common in Late Hebrew,
**for
מִלְּ in Mishna see e.g. Babylonian Mez 7:10; Kil 8:1; Ter 8:11; Pes 1:6; Taan 2:7; Yeb 8:2; Ecclesiastes 4:17
מִלַּעֲשׂוֺת (have no knowledge
so as not to do evil) is read by Siegf Wild; especially before infinitive; in O.T. only in
מִלְּבַד,
מִלְּבוֺא (above
5a),
מִלְמַ֫עְלָה,
מִלְמַ֫טָּה,
מִלְּעֻמַּת,
מִלְּפָנִים,
מִלִּפְנֵי, and, si vera lectio,
מִלְמַעֲלֵה הֶחָ֑רֶס Judges 8:13, see
מַעֲלֶה),
מִנֶּגֶד,
מֵעַל,
מֵעִם,
מִתַּ֫חַת; see
אַחֲרֵי,
אֵת, etc.
b. לְמִן (
לְמִנִּי Micah 7:12 (twice in verse)), with
לְ pleonastic,
from =
מִן, but used almost exclusively of the
terminus a quo, whether of space or time (compare
מִן 5); —
(1) of
space,
Deuteronomy 4:32;
Judges 20:1 לְמִדַּן וְעַדבְּֿאֵר שֶׁבַע,
Micah 7:12.
Micah 7:12 (both
לְמִנִּי),
Zechariah 14:10;
1 Chronicles 5:9;
לְמֵרָחוֺק from afar
Job 36:3;
Job 39:29 (on
Ezra 3:13;
2 Chronicles 26:15, see below
עַד לְ);
לְמִתַּחַת לְ =
underneath 1 Kings 7:32. Idiomatic, especially followed by
וְעַד, to denote comprehensively an entire class,
לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד בְּהֵמָה †
Exodus 11:7;
Jeremiah 51:62 (
לְמֵאָדָם),
לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד אִשָּׁה †
2 Samuel 6:19;
2 Chronicles 15:13,
לְמִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֺל 2 Kings 23:2;
Jeremiah 42:8, simil.
2 Chronicles 15:13;
Jeremiah 31:34;
Esther 1:5,
20,
לְמֵרָע וְעַדטֿוֺב 2 Samuel 13:22,
וּלְמָ֑טָּה לְמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה †
1 Chronicles 27:23, compare
2 Chronicles 25:5.
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