←
mnyn, mnynˀ (minyān, minyānā) n.m. number, amount
1
number, amount
Common Aramaic
Ezra 6:17↗ תְּרֵי־עֲשַׂר לְמִנְיָן שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‏ : twelve, for the number of the tribes of Israel ; 11QtgJob 28.4=36:26↗ מנין שנוהי די לא סוף‏ ; P Gn34:30↗ ܘܐܢܐ ܩܠܝܠ ܐܢܐ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ‏ ; JSBhom 71day1 194↗ ܐܲܠܦܸ̈ܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܣܵܟ ܥܲܡ ܪܸ̈ܒܘܵܬܵܐ ܕܠܵܐ ܡܸܢܝܵܢܵܐ‏ : endless thousands with myriads without number ; BT Mak 22b(4)↗ ארבעים במניאנא‏ : forty in number
(1)
sum
Syr
AphDem22.433:17↗ ܕܢܣܒ ܟܣܦܐ ܚܘܝ ܝܘܬܪܢܐ܂ ܕܥܒܕ ܡܢܝܗ ܘܟܟܪܗ ܡܢܝܢܐ ܥܣܝܪܝܐ܂ ܡܩܒܠ ܚܝ̈ܐ ܡܫܠܡ̈ܢܐ ̈‏ : the one who took money showed a profit; the one who makes his penny and talent ten times as much receives perfect life
(2)
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
(1)
(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
(3)
ܒܡܢܝܐܢ : just a few, a precise amount
CPA, Syr
2
reckoning of an amount, counting
Syr, JBA, JBAg
BT Git 59a(6)↗ דכולהו מינייניהו מן הצד הוו מתחילין‏ : they used to begin all of their countings from the side [i.e., from the junior-most person]
(1)
reckoning of time
Syr, JBAg
JSB5 291:1↗ ܠܐ ܨܒ̈ܥܬܐ ܠܡܐܚܕ ܡܨ̈ܝܢ ܡܢܝܢ ܬܒܝܠ‏ : the fingers are incapable of counting up the age of the earth
(1)
era, i.e., year-date
Syr, JBA, JBAg
ChronEdess 13:16↗ ܡܢܝܢܐ ܕܝ̈ܘܢܝܐ‏ : the Greek (i.e., Seleucid) era ; BT RH 3b(1)↗ דלמא למנינא אוחרינא‏ : perhaps (it is according) to another dating system
(2)
of troops: review
Syr
PsC 245:18 ܩܕܵܡ ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܘ݁ܣ ܒܡܢܝܵܢܐ ܥܵܒܪܝ݂ܬ݁ܘ݁ܢ‏ : you are going to pass before Alexander in review
(3)
system of counting
JBA
BT Bek 60a(30)↗ במיניינא פרסאה‏ : in the Persian way of counting
3
quorum
Gal, Syr, JBA
PTGit 47.b:34[2]↗ אנא הוינא ממימניינא‏ : I was one of the quorum
(1)
of clergy
Syr
SE2 60:35 ܟܠܗ ܡܢܝܢܐ ܥܕܬܢܝܐ‏
4
(gram.) numeral
Syr
MerxSy 59:1 ܗܘ݁ ܫܡܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܢܝܢܐ ܡܕܡ ܡܘܕܥ‏
5
incantation
JBA, Man
BT Šab 66b(31)↗ כל מנייני משמא דאימא‏ : all incantations are in the name of the mother ; ShPDm 217↗ hazin miniana ḏdaula : this incantation of the water-bucket ; DSumqa 219 ↗ šqul razik uqabil minianik : take your spell and accept your incantation
6
the book of Numbers
Syr
IshNum 115:25↗ ܫ݂ܠܡ ܡܢܝܢܐ܂ ܣܦܪܐ ܕܐܪܒܥܐ ܕܐܘܪܝܬܐ‏
☛▶
🔍▶
✎▶
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 783[394]DJPA: 318aDJBA: 687aJastrow: 801Drower/Macuch: 268aPayne-Smith ~: 2162J. Payne-Smith: 282Levy Ch-W: 2:48Tal Sam: 477DNWSI: 661Audo: 2:64DCPA[Schulthess]: 237[114]DJA: 63bQumran: 145

© The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon ©
Fri, 06 Nov 2026 04:48:48 -0500