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mhymn (mhay/ēman) adj. trustworthy, faithful
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trustworthy, faithful, reliable
Common Aramaic
Dan 2:45↗ יַצִּיב חֶלְמָא וּמְהֵימַן פִּשְׁרֵהּ‏ : the dream is certain and its interpretation is reliable ; SamTgJ Num12:7↗ בכל ביתי מהימן הוא‏ ; IAB 208:10 ܗܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܟ ܥܒ̈ܕܐ ܣܓܝ܃ ܘܡܗܲܝ̈ܡܢܐ ܕܡܫܬܡܥܝܢ ܠܟ‏ : now you have many servants and reliable ones who obey you ; P Is33:16↗ ܡ̈ܘܗܝ ܡܗܝܡܢܝܢ‏ : its waters are reliable ; BTŠvu 46b(22)↗ איניש דמהימן הוא‏ : a person who is trustworthy
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+ ܐ̄ܢܵܐ : I am permitted
Syr
ICor9:17↗ ܡܗܲܝܡܲܢ ܐܼܢܵܐ‏
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trustee, trusted official
Syr
JulSok 81(37):5↗ ܘܐܩܝܡܘ ܡܗ̈ܝܡܢܐ ܘܩܝܘ̈ܡܐ ܥܠ ܐܘ̈ܣܝܣ ܕܝܠܗܘܢ ܕܠܓܘ ܘܕܠܒܪ‏ : they set up trustees and overseers over their internal and external holdings
(1)
a title: translating Hebrew סריס which, as in Hebrew and Akkadian, is not always literally a eunuch
Hatran, Syr
H 100:.2↗ nšryhb mhymnˀ ; P 1K(1)22:9↗ text not cited : [MT סָרִיס אֶחָד] ; P Mt19:12↗ ܡܗܲܝܡܢܸܐ̈܂ ܕ݁ܡܸܢ ܟ݁ܲܪܣܵܐ ܕܸ݁ܐܡܗܘ݂ܢ ܐܸܬ݂ܼܝܠܸܕ݂ܘ‏ ; IshDan 102(29)↗ ܪܒ ܡܗܝ̈ܡܢܐ܂ ܗܢܘ܂ ܪܫܢܐ ܕܫܪܝܪ̈ܐ܂ ܡܗܝ̈ܡܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܒܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܙܢܝ̈ܐ ܡܬܐܡܪܝܢ܃ ܫܪܝܪ̈ܐ ܐܘ ܡܣܪ̈ܣܐ‏ : chief of the trustees [MT ‏רַב סָרִיסָיו], that is to say chief of the š-officials, for the word mhymn is said of two kinds, š-officials and literal eunuchs
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literal eunuch
Syr
P Sirach 30:20↗ ܐܝܟ ܡܗܝܡܢܐ ܕܕܡܟ ܠܘܬ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ‏ : like a eunuch who sleeps with a virgin ; BBah 1020:8↗ ܡܗܝ̈ܡܢܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܡܬܝ ܐܘܢܓܠܝܣܛܐ ܗ܊ ܣܪ̈ܝܣܐ܂ ܕܗܢܘܢ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܘܢܘܟܣ̈ܐ‏ : the m’s in Matthew the Evangelist are eunuchs, that is eunuchs (in Greek)
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believer
CPA, Syr, JBA, Man
P Acts16:1↗ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܡܗܲܝܡܲܢܬ̇ܵܐ‏ ; BT Šab 97a(10)↗ וגליא קמי קודשא בריך הוא דהוו מהימני‏ : it is clear to God that they were believers
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as an interjection: by faith!
Sam
SamTgJ Gen22:16↗ בי אשתבעת מהימן יהוה‏ ; SamTgJ Num14:28↗ text not cited
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deposit
Sam
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Q p.p (or active? see note)
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Some unvocalized forms in the sense "believer" may also be interpreted as active participles instead, and they are so separated by some lexicographers.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 719[175]DJPA: 294aDJBA: 644bJastrow: 347Drower/Macuch: 259aJ. Payne-Smith: 255Tal Sam: 205DNWSI: 279DCPA[Schulthess]: 211[11]Qumran: 134

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