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mn (man) pron. who?
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who, whom?
Common Aramaic
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .139↗ ועם מן אצדק‏ : with whom may I be righteous ; Ezra 5:3↗ מַן שָׂם לְכֹם טְעֵם בַיְתָא דְנָה לִבְּנֵא‏ : who gave you the order to build this temple? ; BT RH 16a(39)↗ כמאן מצלינן האידנא אקצירי ואמריעי‏ : according to whom do we pray nowadays for the sick and the unwell?
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+(h)w, (h)y
Common Aramaic
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .91↗ מן הו זי יקום קדמוהי‏ : who may confront him? ; 4QEng1.5.22↗ ומנו הוא כול אנוש די יכ̇[ל‏ ; TgJ Jer30:21↗ אֲרֵי מַן הוּא דֵין דְאִתרְעִי לִבֵיה לְאִתקָרָבָא לְפֻלחָנִי‏ : for who is this whose heart was pleased to draw near to my service? ; CPA Luke20:2↗ ܡܢܘ ܕܢ ܕܝܗܒ ܠܟ ܗܕܐ ܫܠܛܢܘܬܐ‏ : who is that gave you this authority? ; Marqe 1.430↗ מנו אהן מלכה דאתיתון על שמה‏ : who is this king in whose name you have come? ; P Mt6:27↗ ܡܲܢܘ݂ ܕܸ݁ܝܢ ܡܸܢܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ‏ : who among you? ; BT Šab 140b(31)↗ וכי קארי איניש אבבא לא תימרין מנו אלא מני‏ : when someone calls at the door do not say "who is it (masc.)?" but rather "who is it (fem.)?" ; JohnBook 4:4↗ abriha ḏmanu marha : whose scent does it inhale?
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+šm const./pron. suffix : who are/is ?
BAEzra, Qumran, JLAtg, Syr
Ezra 5:4↗ מַן־אִנּוּן שְׁמָהָת גֻּבְרַיָּא‏ : what are the men's names? ; FourKingdomsa 1.2:5↗ ושאלתה מן שמך‏ ; TgO Gen32:28↗ וַאֲמַר לֵיה מַן שְמָך‏ ; ActsThom 328:11↗ ܡ݁ܢ݂ܘ ܡܪܟ܂ ܘܡ݁ܢܘ ܫܡܗ‏ : who is your master and what is his name
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one who, one whom
Common Aramaic
Fakh.16↗ mn | yld | šmy | mn | mˀnyˀ zy | bt | hdd : whoever removes my name from the accoutrements of the temple of Hadad ; Sf.2.b9↗ yqtl mn yqtl : let him kill whomever he might kill ; Dan 3:6↗ וּמַן־דִּי־לָא יִפֵּל וְיִסְגֻּד‏ : whoever does not fall down and worship ; PAT574:1.6↗ wlˀ yqšṭ lmn dy yptḥyhy ˁd ˁlmˀ : may it never go well for whoever opens it ; NabTomb 4:4↗ wmn ybˁˀ dy yktb bkprˀ dnh : whoever tries to write on this tomb ; H 311:.3↗ wmn dy rḥym lmn dy lmrn : whoever is loved by whoever belongs to our Lord ; 4Q536.X2.12↗ מן יכתוב מלי אלה בכתב די לא יבלא‏ : whoever writes these words in a writing that does not wear out ; TgO Ex4:13↗ בְבָעוּ יוי שְלַח כְעַן בְיַד מַן דְכָשַר לְמִשלַח‏ : please Lord send now via one whom it is proper to send ; LSt.130:1↗ ܫܘܒܚܐ ܠܟ ܐܠܗܐ܂ ܠܡ݁ܢ ܫܒ݂ܩ ܐܣܘ̈ܬܐ܂ ܘܠܡܢ ܦܟܪ‏ : praised are you God for the one whom the physicians have released and for the one they have bound ; JBABowl 12.1:4↗ בשום מאן דאחיד להון לשידי ^ולדיוי^ וליליתא‏ : in the name of the one who controls the demons, devils, and liliths ; TgEsth2sup05.1-03:2↗ עבדא למאן נכסוי למאן‏ : servant of someone: his property is that one's
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+ zy/dy/d : whoever, one who
Common Aramaic
TAD B2.3 R.9↗ למן זי רחמתי תנתנן‏ : you may give it to whomever you love ; Dan 3:6↗ וּמַן־דִּי־לָא יִפֵּל וְיִסְגֻּד‏ : whoever does not fall and bow down ; PAT1787:1.2↗ dy mn dy yṣbˀ yḥpr lh mn lgw : so that whoever wishes may dig it for himself within ; H 34:.7↗ wˁl ḥyˀ mn dy rḥym lhwn : and for the life of whomever is loved by them ; BT Yom 10a(33)↗ ומאן דלא ידע לפרושי קראי‏ : one who does not know how to interpret biblical verses
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mn dhw : someone
Syr, JBA
Ps-Clem Recogs 1.8:20↗ ܓܠܝܐܝܬ ܐܢܫ ܡܢ ܕܗ݂ܘ ܩܕܡ ܥܡܐ ܟܠܗ ܒܕܡܘܣܝܢ ܩܡ‏ : a certain man rose openly before the entire people in public ; BT Er 17a(4)↗ אמ׳ ליה מאן דהוא‏ : someone said to him
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introducing hypothetical exclamations, commonly with "to give": would that, if only
Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
4Q536.X2.12↗ מן יכתוב מלי אלה בכתב די לא יבלא‏ : would that someone would write these words in a text that will not wear out ; TgO Num11:4↗ מַן יוֹכֵילִינַנָא בִסרָא‏ : would that someone would feed us some meat ; TgO Deut28:67↗ בְצַפרָא תֵימַר מַן יִתֵין רַמשָא‏ : in the morning you will say: if someone would only make it evening ; GT D Deut5:29↗ לְוי מַּן יֶתֵּן דְּיֶהְוֵי‏ ; TwoThieves 27↗ ܡܲܢ ܕܸܝܢ ܝܲܗ̄ܒܠܵܟ ܕܲܬܚܽܘܪ ܠܥܸܠ ܘܬܸܚܙܸܐ ܬܵܐܓܸܗ‏ : would one let you look up and see His crown ; PJ Num11:4↗ מאן יכליננא בישרא‏ : if only we had meat to eat
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ܡܢ ܕܝܢ + perf. verb
Syr
ActsThom 286:13↗ ܡܢ ܕܝܢ ܦܣ݂ܩ ܕܪܥܝ ܕܝܡܝܢܐ݂܂ ܘܒܕܪܥܝ ܕܝܢ ܕܣܡܠܐ݂ ܥܦܩܬܟܝ‏ : would that someone had cut off my right arm, as long as I embraced you with my left arm
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Often spelled מאן in Jewish texts, especially in JBA, for disambiguation from mn prep. In Qumran Enoch text 4Q212, it is spelled מנו, presumably the archaic form with the nominative ending rather than the compounded form.
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The usage in hypothetical clauses appears with various verbal tenses without obvious differences in meaning among the usages.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 779[393]DJPA: 316bDJBA: 636aJastrow: 796Drower/Macuch: 246a, 248a, 274Payne-Smith: 2151J. Payne-Smith: 280Levy Ch-W: 2:46Tal Sam: 476aDNWSI: 648DCPA[Schulthess]: 236[113]DJA: 63aQumran: 144

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