←
mn (men) prep. from
1
from
Common Aramaic
(1)
direction
Common Aramaic
(1)
place
Common Aramaic
TAD A2.5 R.3↗ מן זי נפקת מן סון שאל לה הושר לי ספר‏ : since I left GN, PN has not sent me a letter ; BT AZ 50a(27)↗ איכא רבנן דפרשי מיניהו‏ : there are some scholars who used to distance themselves from them [i.e. those paths]
(2)
person
Common Aramaic
TAD A2.1 V.15↗ אל נניחם מן נבושזב בר פטחנם סון‏ : to PN1 from PN2 (at) GN
(3)
as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of directional movement
Common Aramaic
(2)
origin
Common Aramaic
(1)
place
Common Aramaic
Dan 2:35↗ וַהֲווֹ כְּעוּר מִן־אִדְּרֵי־קַיִט‏ : they became like chaff from the summer threshing floors
(1)
with words indicating location : e.g. מימין : on the right
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen48:13↗ אַפרַיִם בְיַמִינֵיה מִסְמָלָא דְישראל וְיָת מְנַשַה בִסמָלֵיה מִיַמִינָא דְישראל‏ ; TDN.22:16↗ ܒܝܬܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܡܫܡܫ̈ܢܐ ܢܗ݂ܘܐ܂ ܡܢ ܝܡܝ݂ܢܐ ܕܡܥܠܢܐ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܝܡܝ݂ܢܐ‏ : while the ministers room should be on the right of the right-hand entrance ; BT Ber 6a(8)↗ עשרא אלפא מימיניה ואלפא משמאליה‏ : ten thousand on his right side and one thousand on his left side ; PJ Deut21:2↗ וימשחון מארבע טריגונין ית קירויא די בחזרנות קטילא‏ : they should measure (the distance to) the cities that surround the dead one in four directions
(2)
person
Common Aramaic
Fakh.9↗ lmld | mrq | mnh : to remove sickness from him ; TAD C3.7 B.R.1.19↗ מנדתא זי גבי מנה ועביד[ על בית מלכא‏ : tribute collected from him and transferred to the palace
(1)
on the side of, in favor of
Syr
OS JnSin8:47↗ ܡܢ ܕܡܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܗܘ ܓܝܪ ܡܠܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܫܡܥ‏ : for the one who is on God's side hears the word of God
(3)
material
Common Aramaic
TgIChron 18:8↗ נחשא סגי לחדא מניה עבד שלמה ית ימא דנחשא‏ : a very great amount of bronze out of which Solomon made the bronze sea
(4)
time
Common Aramaic
Sf.2.c17↗ mn btyhm wmn ywmyhm : from their homes and from their lifetimes ; TAD B3.11 R.8↗ מן יומא זנה {זנה} עד עלם‏ : from today until forever ; Ezra 4:15↗ וְאֶשְׁתַּדּוּר עָבְדִין בְּגַוַּהּ מִן־יוֹמָת עָלְמָא‏ : they have been fomenting rebellion in it since forever ; Ezra 5:16↗ מִן־אֱדַיִן וְעַד־כְּעַן‏ : from then until now ; 4Q550 4:2↗ מן יומא די קם‏ ; OS.P3 16↗ ܡܢ ܝܘܡܐ ܕܟܬܝܒ ܫܛܪܐ ܗܢܐ‏ ; OS.P1 1.11↗ ܡܢ ܝܘܡܢܐ ܘܠܥܠܡܐ‏ : from today and ever after ; BT Pes 4a(18)↗ ניבדוק מצפרא‏ : let him search (for the leaven) starting in the morning ; JohnBook 20:3↗ ˁbidata ḏmn ianqutak abadt : the things you did since your childhood
(1)
conj.: since, after : see s.v. mn conj.
Common Aramaic
(5)
as first element of compound prepositions and adverbs indicating the origin of movement through time
Common Aramaic
(6)
as the second element of compound prepositions indicating relative location
Common Aramaic
TgJ Jer51:62↗ לְמֵאֲנָשָא וְעַד בְעִירָא‏ : from human to cattle
2
partitive, some of
Common Aramaic
KTMW 6↗ wˁt | mn | mn | bny | ˀw | mn bny ˀš : now then whoever of my sons or of anyone's sons ; Dan 2:33↗ רַגְלוֹהִי מנהון דִּי פַרְזֶל ומנהון דִּי חֲסַף‏ : its feet: some were of iron and some of clay ; HippAp 11(32)↗ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܒܪܡ ܕܟܘܪ̈ܗܢܐ ܒܡܢܗܘܢ ܕܙܒܢ̈ܐ ܝܬܝܪ ܗ݀ܘܝܢ‏ : but some illnesses occur more in some of the seasons ; JbEd BTr 362.1:14↗ ܡܛܠܡܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܡܢܗܝܢ ܕܦܪ̈ܣܬܐ ܕܚܝ̈ܘܬܐ ܓܠܝ̈ܠܢ‏ : why then are some animal hooves round? ; IIMac10:20↗ ܫܒܩܘ ܠܐܢ̈ܫܝܢ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܕܢܥܪܩܘ‏ : they allowed some of their people to escape
(1)
indicating a fractional part
Syr, JBA, JBAg
GeZA8 5:1 ܕܫܣܗ܊ ܘܚܕܐ ܡܢ ܕ܊ ܕܝܘܡܐ ܠܩ݂ܘܪܒܐ ܗܘ݁ܝܢ ܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ ܕܟܠܗ݀ ܫܢܬܐ‏ : the days of a whole year are approximately 365 and one quarter of a day ; BT Ker 10b(32)↗ חד מתלתין ותרין‏ : one out of 32
(1)
as a pseudo-substantive : some of
Syr
EphFid 77:11.2↗ ܠܟܠܗ ܝܕܥ ܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܡܢܗ‏ : he knows all of him, not some of him ; Ps-Clem Recogs 2.152:7↗ ܘܠܡܢܗܘܢ ܕܟܪܝܗܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܐܣܝ‏ : he healed some of them who were sick
3
indicating the agent of a passive
BAEzra, Syr
Ezra 4:21↗ עַד־מִנִּי טַעְמָא יִתְּשָׂם‏ : until the edict is issued by me ; TB 3:46.1↗ ܥܒܪ̈ܝܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܬ݂ܦܩܕܘ ܡܢ ܡܘܫܐ‏ ; IMac6:24↗ ܝܪܬܘܬܢ ܡܬܒܙܐ ܡܢܗܘܢ‏ : our inheritance is being plundered by them
4
indicating the cause
Common Aramaic
Ezra 6:14↗ מִן־טַעַם אֱלָהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמִטְּעֵם כּוֹרֶשׁ‏ ; GenApoc 21.5↗ פרש לוט מן לואתי מן עובד רעותנא‏ : Lot separated from me on account of the act of our shepherds
(1)
conj : because : see s.v. mn conj.
5
comparative
Common Aramaic
Zak.a10↗ whrmw | šr | mn | šr | ḥzrk | whˁmqw | ḥrṣ | mn | ḥr[ṣh : should they raise a wall higher than GN's wall or make a trench deeper than its trench ; 4QEnc5.2.27↗ די [ד]ר̇ מן דר יבאש‏ : that one generation shall be worse than another ; TgJ Jer7:26↗ אַבאִישוּ מֵאֲבָהָתְהוֹן‏ : they were worse than their ancestors ; P Lam4:7[↗ ܣܡܩܘ ܓܪ̈ܡܝܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܣܪܕܘܢ‏ : their bones became redder than sard ; BT Suk 45b(30)↗ לא פחית עלמא מן תלתין ושתה צדיקי‏ : the world does not have less than [lit. is not diminished from] thirty-six righteous people ; ATS 2.3:1488↗ nahrin mn šraga : they shine more than a lamp ; TgRuth1:12↗ סיבית מלמהוי מיבעלא לגבר‏ : I am too old to become married to a husband
6
: other verbal complements
Common Aramaic
Sf.2.c7↗ wyzḥl hˀ mn ld spr[y]ˀ mn bty ˀlhyˀ : should he fear to remove texts from the bethels (or: divine temples) ; Ezra 7:26↗ דִּינָה לֶהֱוֵא מִתְעֲבֵד מִנֵּהּ‏ : its decision must be carried out on him ; JSBhom 71day3 933↗ ܐܵܦܠܵܐ ܪܲܘܡܵܐ ܡܫܲܗܸܐ ܗ̄ܘܵܐ ܠܗܽܘܢ ܡܸܢ ܕܲܠܡܸܪܗܲܛ‏ : nor did a high place prevent them from moving along ; BT BQ 99b(43)↗ ופטריה לטבחא מלשלומי‏ : he exempted the butcher from paying for it ; Tobit(Med) 10.8 chap 5↗ ומנעי מלמבכי‏ : stop crying
7
between repeated nouns (usually absolutes): distributive especially with time units
Syr
LG 30:10(2)↗ ܗܘܵܐ ܝܼܕܼܝܥ ܠܟܽܘܢ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ ܘܲܡܪܲܒܝܵܢܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܡܪܲܒܝܵܢܵܐ‏ : let teacher after teacher and mentor after mentor be known to you ; Dalyatha 50:18↗ ܕܟܐ ܠܒܟ ܝܘܡ ܡܢ ܝܘܡ‏ : purify your heart day by day [=JDalBeulay 218:17]
8
multiplicative
Gal
PTEr 20.b:20[2]↗ וחמשין זימנין מן מאה הא חמשה אלפין‏ : fifty times from a hundred is five thousand
9
: on the side of, with
Syr, Man
(1)
as the first element of compound adverbs of manner
Common Aramaic
Dan 2:8↗ מִן־יַצִּיב יָדַע אֲנָה‏ : I know for certain ; CPA 1Cor13:12↗ ܟܕܘ ܐܢܐ ܡܟܪ ܡܢ ܚܘܠܩ‏ : now I know in part ; BT Ned 3b(24)↗ הכא נמי מאלתר הוי נזיר‏ : here, too, he becomes a nazirite from that moment on
(1)
mnh wbh, mnh wlh : of itself, by itself
Gal, Syr, JBA, LJLA
PTPea 20.b:25[2]↗ לא יהב{י}נן ביה מיניה וביה הוא‏ : we did not add to it, it is just itself ; P Is44:24↗ ܘܪܩ݁ܥܬ ܐܪܥܐ ܡܢܝ ܘܠܝ‏ : I pounded the earth flat on my own ; IshEz 52(17)↗ ܐܗܦܘܟ ܐܙܠ ܠܐܬܪܝ܃ ܗܢܘ܂ ܐܩܘܐ ܡܢܝ ܘܠܝ‏ : I shall go back to my place, that is to say: I shall remain by myself ; BT BM 101b(32)↗ אגרא אגירי מיניה וביה‏ : she hired workers out of it (i.e., the wine) itself ; PJ Num24:7↗ ופרוקהון מנהון ובהון יהוי‏ : their redeemer will be from them themselves
(2)
as an emphasizing first element of compound prepositions, conjunctions
Common Aramaic
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In Jewish texts also מין and [as in Hebrew] -מ; w. pron. suffixes: normally מִינִּי etc.; attested also occasionally in late Mandaic. JBA almost always simply מִ_ other than before pron.suffixes, but overwhelmingly מִן in JBAgeon.
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For an interesting native discussion of the uses of mn in Syriac see A. Scher, Theodore bar Konai, Liber scholiorum, 2vols. (CSCO, ser. 2, vols. 65-66) Paris 1910-1912 vol.2:23 par. 2.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 778[393]DJPA: 313aDJBA: 683bJastrow: 796Drower/Macuch: 273b, 246b, 267Payne-Smith: 2154J. Payne-Smith: 280Levy Ch-W: 2:44Tal Sam: 475DCPA[Schulthess]: 230[113]DJA: 62bQumran: 141

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