The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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מִנְיָן‏ n.m. number, amount

number, amount Com. Ezra6:17 : תְּרֵי־עֲשַׂר לְמִנְיָן שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‏ twelve, for the number of the tribes of Israel. 11QtgJob 28.4=36:26 : מנין שנוהי די לא סוף‏ . דְמִניָן‏ : countable, just a few JLAtg. TgJ Is10:19 : לְמִהוֵי עַם דְמִניָן וֻמַלכוּ חַלָשָא יִתחַשבוּן‏ to become a minor nation and to be reckoned a weak kingdom. TgJ Joel1:6 : תַקִיף וְלֵית דְמִניָן‏ strong and not just a few. (without ד‏_ ) PTA, LJLA. TN Num9:20 : יומין מניין‏ a few days. TgJob16:22 : מטול דשני מניין אתיין‏ because the limited number of years are coming.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 318a; DJBA: 687a; Jastrow: 801; Levy Ch-W: 2:48; Tal Sam: 477; DNWSI: 661; DJA: 63b; Cook,Qumran: 145;

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