hebrew #4480 - מִן min or minni or minne (from)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance above, after, among, at, because of, by reason of, from among, in, Or minniy {min-nee'}; or minney (constructive plural) {min-nay'}; (Isaiah 30:11); for men; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses (as follows) -- above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with. see HEBREW men Englishman's Concordance 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than (preposition) 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) 2) that (conjunction) Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H4482 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1212, 1213e Brown-Driver-Briggsמִןֿ and מִּ , before יְ (except Daniel 12:2; 2Chronicles 20:11) contracted to מִי (as מִידֵי from מִיְּדֵי), before guttural and ר, mostly מֵ, occasionally מִ (Ges§ 102, l R.; more fully Köii. 291ff), מִן before article in all books much commoner than -מֵ; מִן; before other words most frequently in Chronicles [51 t.: elsewhere 47 t. (Kö292)]; in poetry also מִנִּי, with the old י of the Genitive (Ges§ 90.3a) Judges 5:14 (twice in verse); Isaiah 46:3 (twice in verse); Psalm 44:11; Psalm 44:19; Psalm 68:32; Psalm 74:22; Psalm 78:2; Psalm 78:42; Psalm 88:10 19t. Job, and in לְמִנִּיMicah 7:12 (twice in verse) and מִנֵּיֿ (on analogue of עֲדֵי, עֲלֵי) Isaiah 30:11 (twice in verse), preposition expressing the idea of separation, hence out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not (Phoenician מ; Aramaic  ; Arabic  >; Ethiopic  ; Sabean בן (DHMZMG xxix.606 ff.; xxxvii.375)); with suff, מִמֶּנִּי (the מִן reduplicated, Ol§ 223c, and others, Köii. 289 f.), in poetry מִנִּיIsaiah 22:4; Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 38:12; Job 16:6, מֶ֫נִּיPsalm 18:23; Psalm 65:4; Psalm 139:19; Job 21:16; Job 22:18; Job 30:10; מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּ֑ךָּ, מִמֵּךְ; מִמֶּ֫נּוּ ( Job 4:12מֶ֫נְהוּ), מִמֶּ֫נָּה; 1 plural מִמֶּ֫נּוּ (according to Orientals מִמֵּ֫נֿוּ: see BaerJob. p. 57 Kö290); מִכֶּם; מֵהֶם (מִנְּהֶםJob 11:20), מֵהֵ֫מָּהJeremiah 10:2; Ecclesiastes 12:12; מֵהֵ֫נָּה7t. (see הֵ֫מָּה8c), מֵהֶן (editions מֵהֵן) Ezekiel 16:47,52 (see ZerweckHeb, Präp. Min, 1894): — 1. with verbs expressing (or implying) separation or removal, whether from a person or place, or in any direction, also from guilt, calamity, etc.: — thus a.to descendfrom a mountain Exodus 19:14, to fall from a roof Deuteronomy 22:8, from heaven Isaiah 14:12, to go up from a valley Joshua 10:7, to raise up from the dunghill 1 Samuel 2:8, or the ground 2 Samuel 12:17. So constantly with verbs of going, as בא, הלך, שׁב, ברח (followed by a person, usually מפני), of calling, as Isaiah 24:14צָֽהֲלוּ מִיָּם, Isaiah 42:10,11; Psalm 148:1 of asking or exacting as שׁאל, בקשׁ, דרשׁ, נָקַם,הִנָּקֵם, of delivering, as הושׁיע, הציל, etc., of hiding as נעלם, העלים, etc., of taking or withholding, as לקח, חשׂך, מנע, of keeping (from), as נצר, שׁמר, of being far, or desisting, as רחקExodus 23:7, חֲדַל מִמֶּנּוּ desist from us,Exodus 14:2, so הֶרֶףDeuteronomy 9:14,הֵנִיחַDeuteronomy 12:10, השׁקיט > Psalm 94:13, שׁבתGenesis 2:2, compare Genesis 5:29; note especially the pregnant constructions, שׁפט to judge (and save) fromPsalm 43:1, followed by מִיַּד1 Samuel 24:16 +, ענה to answer (and save) fromPsalm 22:22, חרשׁ and חשׁה to be silent (turning) fromPsalm 28:1 (twice in verse), החרישׁו ממניJob 13:13; Jeremiah 38:27; Psalm 18:22ולא רשׁעתי מאלהי not did wickedly (turning) from my God, Psalm 30:4 Kt., Psalm 73:27, כלזֿוֺנֶה ממך, Jeremiah 3:20בָּגַד מִן (ᵐ5εἰς=ב), Jeremiah 31:13 with שִׂמַּח (2 Chronicles 20:27), Ezekiel 27:34; Proverbs 25:17; הֹקַר רַגְלְךָ מִבֵּית רֵעֶ֫ךָ, Isaiah 29:4; Isaiah 63:17; Joel 1:12; Jeremiah 51:5אַלְמָן מֵאֱלֹהָיו widowed (and severed) from etc., Ezekiel 44:22; also Judges 7:17מִמֶּנִּי תִרְאוּ וְכֵן תַּעֲשׂוּ ye shall see from me, i.e. learn what to do by observing me. Some of the verbs mentioned above are construed more precisely with מֵאֵת, מֵעִם, מֵעַל, q. v.: and others, especially לקח, דרשׁ, הושׁיע, הצּיל, מּדה, מִּלֵּט, idiomatic with מִיַּד. With infinitives, see below 7b. often also with adverbs, as מִשָּׁםthence, מֵאַיִןwhence ?מִוֶּה, מִמֹּהhence. compare also חָפְשִׁי מִן free (safe) fromJob 3:19, עֵזֶר מִצָּרָיו a help from his foes Deuteronomy 33:7; Nahum 3:11מָעוֺז מֵאוֺיֵב, Psalm 32:7סֵתֶר מִצַּר, Psalm 60:13עֶזְרָת מִצָּ֑ר, Isaiah 4:6צֵל מֵחֹרֶב a shadow from, the heat, Isaiah 25:4. Here also belong Isaiah 40:15מַר מִדְּלִי a drop from (hanging from) a bucket; Songs 4:1 goats שֶׁגָָּֽלְשׁוּ מהר גלעד that sit up (seeming to hang) from the hills of Gilead (compare Od. 21. 420 ἐκ διφροιο καθήμενος: also the Arabic idiom b.מן also, without a verb of similar significance, sometimes expresses the idea of separation, away from, far from (compare II. 2. 162 φίλης ἀπὸ πατρίδος αἴης): Proverbs 20:3שֶׁכֶת מֵרִיב to sit away from strife (compare 2e:by the bowmen), Zephaniah 3:18. (On 2 Samuel 13:16 see We or Dr). See also 7b. withof position, off, on the side of, on, especially with reference to quarters of the heavens (compare πρὸς Νότου, ἐκ δεξιῶν, a fronte, a tergo, etc.): Genesis 2:8׳י planted a garden in Eden מִקֶּדֶםoff, on the east, Genesis 12:8מִקֶּדֶם בֵּיתְאֵל מִיָּם וְהָעַי Bethel off (on) the West and `Ai off (on) the East; so מִמִּוְרָח, מִצָּפוֺן, מִנֶּגֶכJoshua 11:3; Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:5; 1 Samuel 14:5, etc.: similarly מִיָּמִיןon the right, מִשְּׂמאֹולon the left, מִמּוּל and (more rarely) מִמָּנִיםon the front, מֵאָחוֺר=behind (2 Samuel 10:9), מִסָּבִיבDeuteronomy 12:10 + round about, מִמַּעַל, מִלְמַעְלָה, and מֵעָ֑ל (rare)=above, מִתַּחַתExodus 20:4 + beneath, מִבַּיִתon the inside, מִחוּץon the outside Genesis 6:14 +, מִנֶּגֶדin front, at a distance, Genesis 21:16 +, מֵרָחוֺקExodus 2:4 + afar off, מִמְּנִ֫ימָהwithin, מִזֶּהמִ֗֗֗וֶּה and מִמֹּה מִמֹּה ֗֗֗ on this side . . . on that side. And so even with verbs of motion, as Genesis 11:2מִקֶּדֶם ויהי בנסעם as they journeyed — not from, but — on, the side of the east, virtually=eastwards, Genesis 13:11 and Lot journeyed מקדםeast, Isaiah 17:13; Isaiah 22:3ברחו מֵרָחוֺק they fled — not from afar but — afar, Isaiah 23:7 whose feet used to carry her מֵרָחוֺקafar off to sojourn, Isaiah 57:9 thou didst send thy messengers עדמֿרחוקeven to afar. With a following לְ (or suffix), most of these words are frequently in the sense of on the east (west, etc.) of . . ., as Joshua 8:13לָעִיר מִיָּםon the west of the city, מִקֶּדֶם לְGenesis 3:24, מִצְּפוֺן לְ (construct Ges§ 130 a, n.) Joshua 8:11,13; Joshua 24:30, מִימִינֶ֑ךָPsalm 91:7, מִתַּחַת לְGenesis 1:7, מִמַּעַל לְGenesis 22:9, מִבֵּית לְLeviticus 16:2: מֵאַחֲרֵיbehindExodus 14:19מִצַּד בֵּיתְאֵלbeside Bethel Joshua 12:9, מִצִּדּוֺbeside it 1 Samuel 6:8, מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּןon the other side of Jordan Numbers 21:1 +; מֵהָֽלְאָה לְbeyondAmos 5:27; tablets written מִשְּׁנֵי עֶבְרֵיהֶםon both their sides, מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיוJeremiah 49:32 + (see further the words cited). So מֵהַבַּיִתon the side of the house Ezekiel 40:7,8,9, מֵאֵצֶלbesideEzekiel 40:7; 1 Samuel 20:21 the arrows are מִמְּךָ וָהֵנָּהfrom thee and hither=on this side of thee, 1 Samuel 20:22מִמְּךָ וָהָֽלְהָא, compare Numbers 32:19 (twice in verse). 2 Out of, Greek ἐκ, Latin ex: thus a.מִמִּצְרַיִםout of Egypt: so (a) with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling, etc., as הוֺצִיא, יָצָא (see יָצָא), שִׁלַּחGenesis 3:23, לָקַחGenesis 34:26, גָנַבGenesis 40:15, הִכְרִיתExodus 8:5; Psalm 101:8, גֵּרֵשׁJudges 11:7, etc.; to draw out of water, a pit, etc. Exodus 2:10; Psalm 40:3; to cast out of the hand Judges 15:17; to rescue out of the mouth Amos 3:12; to drink מִכּוֺס2 Samuel 12:3; Deuteronomy 30:3וְקִבֶּצְךָ מִןהָֿעַמִּים, Ezekiel 11:17; Ezekiel 36:24 +: pregnantly with חָרֵדHosea 10:10,11, רגזMicah 7:17 to tremble (and come) out of, חרגPsalm 18:46 ("" 2 Samuel 22:46חגר), 2Sam 74:11; Isaiah 38:17חָשַׁק (ni חָשַׂךְ leg.), Ezekiel 28:16חִלֵּל, Ezra 2:62; compare נִשְׁכַּח מִמֶּהDeuteronomy 31:21, מִלֵּבPsalm 31:13. In this application, often made more definite by the use of מִתּוֺךְ ֗֗֗ , מִקֶּרֶב ֗֗֗ out of the midst of. (b) of the place out of which one looks, speaks, exerts power, etc., Genesis 4:10; Numbers 24:19 (Psalm 110:1), Deuteronomy 4:35קלו מןהֿשׁמים השׁמיעך אתֿ, Amos 1:2מציון ישׁאג׳י, Psalm 14:2; Psalm 20:3 send thee help מִקֹּדֶשׁ, Psalm 14:7יַעֲנֵהוּ מִשְּׁמֵי קָדְשׁוֺ, Psalm 42:7; Psalm 68:36; Psalm 85:12; Psalm 109:10ודרשׁו מחרבזתיהם seek (their bread) out of their desolate homes (but Ew De as 1bfar from; ᵐ5 Gr Che יְגָֹֽרְשׁוּ let them be driven from), Psalm 128:5; Psalm 130:1; Job 27:23; Isaiah 29:18 to see out of darkness, Songs 2:9 to look out מִןהַֿחַלֹּנוֺתfrom the windows (usually בעד), Songs 5:4 he put forth his hand מִןהַֿחוֺרfrom (i.e. in through) the hole (in the door or wall). (c) with בָּחַר to choose out of, Exodus 18:25הִבְדִּילDeuteronomy 29:20; 1 Kings 8:53,with יָדַעAmos 3:2; Exodus 19:5 ye shall be to me סְגֻלָּה מכלהֿעמים a treasure (chosen) out of all peoples (compare with בָּחַרDeuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 14:2). b. of the material out of which anything is formed, or from which it is derived: (a) Genesis 2:19 to form מןהֿאדמהout of the soil, Genesis 2:23מִבְּשָׂרִי עֶצֶם מֵעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר, Exodus 39:1; Numbers 6:4; Hosea 13:2 to make images מִכַּסְמָּם, Psalm 16:4נִסְכֵּיהֶם מִדָּם, Psalm 45:14; Songs 3:9; Isaiah 40:17מאפס ותהו נחשׁבולֿו as made of nought and unreality are they reckoned by him ("" כְּאַיִן נֶגְדּוֺ), Isaiah 41:24הֵן אַתֶּם מֵאַיִן ("" מֵאָ֑פַע, read מֵאָ֑פֶם), Psalm 62:10מֵהֶבֶל (al.6c), Proverbs 13:11; Exodus 25:19,31 its cups, its knops, etc., ממנה יהיו shall be from it (i.e. of one piece with it), so Exodus 25:35; Exodus 25:36; Exodus 27:2; Exodus 30:2al.; (b) with verbs of eating, filling, etc., as שׁתהGenesis 9:21; Job 21:20מֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּה, Songs 8:2הִשְׁקָה, רָוָהPsalm 36:9 +, רִוָּהIsaiah 34:7, שׂבעProverbs 18:20 +, השׂביעPsalm 81:17 +, מִלֵּא (rare) Psalm 127:5: compare Deuteronomy 32:42אַשְׁכִּיר חִצַּי מִדָּם, Isaiah 51:21; Psalm 28:7 (peculiar) וּמִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֺדֶנּוּout of song I will thank him (Psalm 69:31 ׳ב), also (unusual) Isaiah 2:3וְיוֺרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו i.e. out of (the treasure of) his ways (al. particle=some of), Psalm 94:12b מִתּוֺרָֽתְךָ תְלַמְּדֶנּוּ; Ecclesiastes 7:10 to speak מֵחָכְמָה (compare Rabb מִתּוֺךְ). c. of the source or origin: namely (a) of parents, Genesis 16:2אִבָּנֶה ממנה I shall be built up out of her (so Genesis 30:3), Genesis 17:16מלכי עמים ממנה יהיו, Genesis 35:11a: often of coming forth מִבֶּטֶןJob 1:21, מֵחֲלָצֶיךָGenesis 35:11b, ממעיךGenesis 15:4, Isaiah 2:20׳י give thee seed from this woman; compare Job 16:4מִי יִתֵּן טָהוֺר מִטָּמֵא (b) of the tribe or people, from which a person comes (compare 1a), Numbers 3:12׳כל בכור ֗֗֗ מכני ישׂר, Joshua 12:4; 2 Samuel 4:2; 2 Samuel 21:2; Jeremiah 1:1 +; and so of a person's native place, as Judges 12:8אבצן מבית לחם Ibzan from Biblical, Judges 13:2אִישׁ מִצָּרְעָהJudges 17:1,7; 1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Samuel 9:1; 2 Samuel 23:20,30; Amos 1:1 +, compare Jeremiah 46:25אָמוֺן מִנּאֹ; Isaiah 48:1וּמִמֵּי יְהוּדָה יָצָֽאוּ, Isaiah 48:2מֵעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ נִקְראוּ, Isaiah 58:12וּבָנוּ מִמֵךְ (those) from thee shall build, Psalm 68:27מִמְּקוֺר ישׂראל ye (sprung) from the fountain of Israel, Micah 5:1; Nahum 1:11Nahum 1:14 figurative מִשִּׁמְךָ), Zephaniah 3:18; Jeremiah 30:21; Zechariah 10:4. (c) of beasts and things, Genesis 2:7עָפָר מִןהָֿאֲדָמָה, Jeremiah 5:6אַרְיֵה מִיַּעַר a lion from the woods, Psalm 80:14חֲזִיר מִיַּעַרִ; compare Psalm 10:18אֶנוֺשׁ מִןהָֿאָרֶץ man from the earth (terrenus), Psalm 72:16יָצִיצוּ מֵעִיר; Job 28:12וְהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיַן תִּמָּצֵא. (d) מִלֵּבIsaiah 59:13; Job 8:10, especially with reference to what is self-devised, Numbers 16:28כִּי לֹא מִלִּבִּי, Numbers 24:13; 1 Kings 12:33; Nehemiah 6:8; נְבִיאֵי מִלִּבָּםEzekiel 13:2. d. of the source or author of an action, counsel, or event: 1 Samuel 24:14מֵרְשָׁעִים יֵצֵא רֶשַׁע, 2 Samuel 3:37היתה מהמלך לא it was not from the king to, etc.; specifically of ׳י, Genesis 24:50יצא הדבר׳כי מי, Judges 14:4 knew הוא׳כי מי that it was from J., 1 Kings 2:15׳היתה לו כי מי, Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 20:24מִצְעֲדֵי גֶבֶר׳מי, Psalm 37:39; Psalm 62:2מִמֶּנּוּ יְשׁוּעָתִי, Hosea 8:4 they have made kings, מִמֶּנִּי וְלֹא not from me, i.e. not at my prompting, Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 50:11 (מִיָּדִי) Ezekiel 3:17 end=Ezekiel 33:7 and warn them from me, 1 Chronicles 5:22; 1 Chronicles 13:2; 2Chronicles 22:7; 25:20 (synonym מֵאֵת, מֵעִם, which are more frequent in this sense); in poetry Hosea 7:5חֲמַת מִיַּיִן heat from wine, Psalm 9:14מִשּׂנְאַי עָנְיִיat the hands of my haters, Psalm 74:22; Job 4:13שְׂעִמִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנוֺת לַיְלָה thoughts (arising) out of, etc., Job 6:25הוֺכֵחַ מִכֶּם reproof proceeding from you, Job 20:29 (twice in verse), Psalm 78:2חִידוֺת מִקֶּדֶם indirect lessons (springing) out of antiquity; Daniel 11:31זְרֹעִים מִמֶּנּוּ (Köiii. 241). As marking the author of a judgment or estimate (rare), Numbers 32:22וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל׳נְקִיִּם מי guiltless at the hands of (=in the judgment of) J. and Israel (compare מֵעִם2 Samuel 3:28; Job 34:33), Job 4:17 shall man be just מֵאֱלֹהַּat God's hands ? ("" מֵעשֵֹׁהוּ), Jeremiah 51:5b (Ges Gf.); so in ׳חָלִילָה לִי מי. e. of the immediate, or efficient, cause (chiefly in poetry), in consequence of, at by (compare Greek ἀπό, as Hd. 2:54 ζήησιν ἀπὸ σφέων γενέσθαι): (a) the cause, a personGenesis 19:36 + הָֽרְתָה מן to be pregnant by, Genesis 49:25; 1 Samuel 31:3וַיָּחֶל מֵהַמּוֺרִים was in anguish from the archers, Hosea 7:4בֹּעֵ֫רָה מֵאֹפֶה (ni בֹּעֵר הֵם leg.: see We), Psalm 18:9; Nahum 1:5הרים רעשׁו ממנו, Daniel 11:31 (accents); with passive verb, Nahum 1:6הצורים נִתְּצוּ ממנו, Psalm 37:23 (compare Proverbs 20:24 d), Job 24:1; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Daniel 8:11. (b) the cause, a thing, Genesis 49:24 his arms were agile מידי אביר יעקבfrom the hands, etc., Isaiah 6:4 the thresholds shook מִקּוֺל הַקּוֺרֵא (so מקול elsewhere, as Isaiah 30:31; Isaiah 33:3; Jeremiah 8:16), Jeremiah 28:7תָעוּ מִןהַֿשֵּׁכָר ("" ב), Jeremiah 31:4,9; Jeremiah 10:10; Ezekiel 19:10 became fruitful מִמַּיִם רַבִּים, Ezekiel 31:5; Job 4:9מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלוֺהַּ יאֹבֵדוּat the breath of God, Job 14:9מֵרֵיחַ מַיִם יַפְרִחַ, Job 31:23; Job 39:26הֲמִבִּינָָֽתְךָ יַאֲבֶרנֵֿץPsalm 39:11; Psalm 73:19סָפוּ תַּמּוּ מִןבַּֿלָּהוֺת, Psalm 78:65מִתְרוֺנֵן מִיַּיִן, Psalm 104:15להצהיל פנים משׁמןfrom oil, Psalm 107:39, compare Job 7:14 ("" ב); so with ׳מִגַּעֲרַת יat J.'s rebuke, Job 18:16; Job 76:7 +; with a passive verb, Genesis 9:11 to be cut off מִמֵּי הַמַּבּוּל, 2 Samuel 7:29וּמִכִּכָֽתְךָ יְבֹרַח, Isaiah 28:7נבלעומןהֿיין are undone through wine (Isaiah 22:3 is dubious: see 1b), Obadiah 9; Job 28:4הַנִּשְׁכָּחִים מִנִּי רָ֑גֶל; compare Isaiah 34:3; Hosea 6:8. (c) with verbs of fearing, to express the source of the emotion, as יראPsalm 3:7 + often (also with מִמְּנֵי), מָּחַדPsalm 27:1, נִבְהַלEzekiel 26:18, גּוּרDeuteronomy 18:22; Job 41:17; Esther 5:9ולאקֿם ולא זָע ממנו; with בּוֺשׁto be disconcerted or disappointed, to express the source of the disappointment, Isaiah 1:29 + often; with שָׂמֵחַProverbs 5:18; Ecclesiastes 2:10. feminineof the remoter cause, the ultimate groundon account of which something happens or is done. (N.B. The line between eand f.is not always clearly defined):Exodus 2:23 they sighed מןהֿעבדהon account of the bondage, Exodus 6:9; Exodus 15:23; Deuteronomy 7:7 not מֵרֻבְּכֶםthrough, by reason of, your numbers did J. set his love upon you, Joshua 22:24 to do a thing מִדְּאָנָהout of carefulness, 2 Samuel 23:4מִנֹּגַהּ, 1 Kings 14:4; Isaiah 53:5 wounded מִמְּשָׁעֵינוּon account of our transgressions, bruised מֵעֲוֺנוֺתֵינוּ, Isaiah 53:8; Job 4:19; Obadiah 10; Habakkuk 2:17; Psalm 6:8עשׁשׁה עיני מִכַּעַסfrom vexation (compare Job 17:7: Psalm 31:10׳ב), Psalm 31:12; Psalm 38:19 I am concerned on account of my sin, Proverbs 20:4מֵחֹרֶף עצל לא יחרשׁby reason of the winter, Job 22:4הֲמִיִּרְאָ֑תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָon account of thy fear of him? Songs 3:8; Ruth 1:13כִּימַֿרלִֿי מְאֹד מִכֶּםbecause of you: see also Deuteronomy 28:34,67; Deuteronomy 32:19; Judges 2:18; Isaiah 65:14; Jeremiah 12:4; Jeremiah 24:2מֵרֹעַ, Jeremiah 50:13; Jeremiah 51:5 b (Ew Ke), Ezekiel 7:27 (but read probably with ᵐ5ᵑ6ᵑ9 Co כְּדרכם), Ezekiel 16:61; Ezekiel 35:11 (AV out of), Ezekiel 45:20; Micah 2:12; Micah 7:13; Psalm 5:11; Psalm 12:6; Psalm 107:17; Psalm 119:53; Genesis 49:12 red of eyes מִיָּ֑יִן, and white of teeth מֵחָלָב. Often also in מֵרֹבfrom the abundance of, absolute for abundance, with many different verbs, as Genesis 16:10לֹא יִסָּפֵר מֵרֹבJoshua 9:13; 1 Samuel 1:16, etc. Similarly in מֵאֵין, מִבְּלִי, מִבִּלְתִּי (pp. 35, 115, 117); and before an infinitive (7a), and in מֵאֲשֶׁר (p. 84). g. the cause being conceived as regulative, מן occasionally approaches in sense to according to (compare Latin ex more, ex lege), Jonah 3:7 proclaimed in Nineveh מטעם המלך וגדליוat, by, in accordance with, the decree of the king (compare Aramaic Ezra 6:14; Daniel 2:8): so Job 39:26 (2e (b)) according to Ges Hi. 3Partitively (a sense connecting with 2a (c), above): — a.Genesis 6:19שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּלtwo out of, from, all, Genesis 7:8; Genesis 39:11אישׁ מן ֗֗֗ a man (or one) of . . . (so Numbers 25:6; 1 Samuel 24:28 +, אנשׁים מן ֗֗֗ Numbers 16:2; Joshua 2:2 +, 2 Kings 2:7, etc.); Genesis 42:16 send מִכֶּם אֶחָדLeviticus 1:2a Leviticus 17:12כלנֿפשׁ מִכֶּם, Leviticus 19:34; Leviticus 26:8, Judges 8:14נַעַרמֵאַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֺת, 1 Samuel 22:8, etc.; Judges 14:19; 2 Kings 2:24; Isaiah 66:19; אֶחָד מִן ֗֗֗ 1 Samuel 16:18 +, אַחַד מִן ֗֗֗ (Ges§ 130, 1) Deuteronomy 25:5 +; אַחַת מֵהֵ֫נָּהPsalm 34:21; Isaiah 34:16; מִי מִן ֗֗֗ Job 5:1; Isaiah 50:1, אֵין מִן ֗֗֗ 1 Samuel 14:39; Isaiah 51:18; Isaiah 21:11מהֿמלילה how much of the night? 2 Chronicles 31:3 וּמְנָתהַמֶּלָח מִןרְֿכוּשׁוֺ. b. the number being omitted, מִן is used indefinitely: — (a)=some of, — as subject Exodus 16:27יצאו מןהֿעם there went out (some) of the people, Leviticus 25:49; 2 Samuel 11:17,24, especially in late Hebrew Ezra 2:68,70; Ezra 7:7; Nehemiah 11:4,25; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 1 Chronicles 9:30,32; 2Chronicles 17:11; 32:21; Daniel 11:35; more frequently as object, especially with לקח, Genesis 4:3וַיָּבֵא מִמְּרִי האדמה brought of the fruit of the ground, Genesis 30:14 give me מִדּוּדָאֵי בְנֵךְ (some) of thy son's love-apples, Genesis 33:15; Exodus 12:7; Exodus 17:5; Leviticus 18:30; Leviticus 20:2; Numbers 11:17; Numbers 13:23; 1 Kings 12:4; Isaiah 39:7; Isaiah 47:13; Amos 2:11; Daniel 8:10 +, Songs 1:2ישׁקני מִנְּשִׁיקוֺת מִּיו let him kiss me (with) some of the kisses etc., Psalm 72:15; Psalm 137:3מִשִּׁיר צִיּוֺן (some) of the songs of Zion, Job 11:6 (Ges RVm) + often; in late Hebrew note also יֵשׁ מִן ֗֗֗ there are some of . . . Nehemiah 5:5; מֵהֶם ֗֗֗ מֵהֶם ֗֗֗ some. . . others. . .1 Chronicles 9:28f. (as in Aramaic Daniel 2:33, and PS2155); מִקְצָת ֗֗֗ some of. . . (as in Late Hebrew) Daniel 1:2; Nehemiah 7:69. (b) to designate an individual (rare), Genesis 28:11 and he took מֵאַבְנֵי הַמָּקוֺם (one) of the stones of the place (see Genesis 28:18), Exodus 6:25מבּנות פוטיאל (one) of the daughters of P., Ezekiel 17:5,13; Nehemiah 13:28; Psalm 132:11; as subject Leviticus 25:33; Daniel 11:5 the king of the south שָׂרָיו וּמִןֿ and (one) of his captains, Daniel 11:7, compare Jeremiah 41:1; Esther 4:5; 2Chronicles 26:11; Ruth 2:20מִגֹּאֲלֵנוּ הוא he is (one) of our kinsmen, Exodus 2:6. (c) in a negative or hypothetical sentence (whether subject or object)=any, aught, Deuteronomy 16:4ולא ילין מןהֿבשׂר and there shall not remain any of the flesh, 1 Kings 18:5ולא נכריתמןהֿבהמה and we shall not destroy any of the beasts, 2 Kings 10:10 (compare Joshua 21:43; Joshua 23:14; 1 Samuel 3:19; 1 Kings 8:56; Esther 6:10), Esther 6:23׳מֶּןיֶֿשׁמֹּֿה מֵעַבְדֵי יJob 27:6לֹא יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָ֑י my heart reproacheth not one of my days: with אִם, etc. Exodus 29:34; Leviticus 4:2a (compare Leviticus 4:22; Leviticus 4:27), Leviticus 11:32 (מהם), Leviticus 11:33; Leviticus 11:35; Leviticus 11:37-39; Leviticus 18:29; Leviticus 25:25; Numbers 5:6; מִכֹּלanything whatever, Leviticus 5:24; Leviticus 11:34; compare 1 Samuel 23:23 (?). (d) peculiarly, with a noun of unity, especially אֶחָד, to express forcibly the idea of a single one:Deuteronomy 15:7 if there be a poor man in thy midst, מֵאַחַר אַחֶיךָany one of thy brethren, Leviticus 4:2b if he doeth מֵאַחַת מֵהֵ֫נָּהany one of these things, Leviticus 5:13; Ezekiel 18:10מֵאַחַד מֵאֵלֶּה וְעָשָׂה אָח (where אח is a vox nihili) and doeth aught of these things; 1 Samuel 14:45 if there shall fall מִשַּׂעֲרַת ראֹשׁוֺ אַרְצָהa single hair of his head to the ground! (for שְׂעָרָה as a noun of individual meaning see Ges§ 122t Dr), compare 2 Samuel 14:11; 1 Kings 1:52. (Probably a rhetorical application of the partitive sense, though the explanation 'starting from one'='even one' would also be possible. 4 of time — namely a. as marking the terminus a quo, the anterior limit of a continuous period, from, sinceDeuteronomy 9:24מִיּוֺם דַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶםfrom the day of my (first) knowing you (so 1 Samuel 7:2; 1 Samuel 8:8 + ); 1 Samuel 18:9מהיום ההוא וָהָֽלְאָהfrom that day and onwards, simil. Leviticus 22:27; Numbers 15:23; Ezekiel 39:22; Isaiah 18:2,7 (where מִןהֿוּא=מֵאֲשֶׁר הוּא; compare Nahum 2:9מִימֵי הִיא=מִימֵי אֲשֶׁר הִיא); מהיום ההוא וָמָֽעְלָה1 Samuel 16:13; 1 Samuel 30:25 (Haggai 2:15,18 apparently of time backwards); מֵאָזfrom the time of . . . .; מִןהַֿבֶּטֶןfrom the womb Judges 13:5,7, מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּיJudges 16:17 +; מִימֵי ֗֗֗ Hosea 10:9; Isaiah 23:7; Jeremiah 36:2 +; מִיָּמֶיךָ idiomatic=since thou wast born 1 Samuel 25:28; 1 Kings 1:6 (מִיָּמָיו), Job 38:12; מִקֶּדֶםfrom antiquity Habakkuk 1:12; Psalm 74:12; Isaiah 42:14הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מֵעוֺלָם I have been silent since old time; מֵעַתָּהfrom now, hence-forthJeremiah 3:4 +, מִיּוֺםfrom to-day Jeremiah 43:13; Ezekiel 48:35, מןהֿיום הזהHaggai 2:19. See also 5c, 7 c. compare Exodus 33:6מֵהַר חוֺרֵבfrom Horeb, Hosea 13:4 I am ׳י thy God מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם. b. as marking the period immediately succeeding the limit, after:Genesis 38:24כְּמִשְׁלשׁ חֳדָשִׁיםafter about three months it was told Judah, מִיָּמִים רַבִּיםJoshua 23:1; Ezekiel 38:8, מִיָּמִיםafter (some) days, Judges 11:4; Judges 14:8; Judges 15:1, מִיֹּמַיִםafter two days Hosea 6:2; מֵרֹב יָמִיםIsaiah 24:22: more frequently with קֵץ or קָצֶה, Genesis 4:3מִקֵּץ יָמִים, Genesis 8:3; Joshua 3:2 + often; Deuteronomy 14:28מִקְצֵה שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים, Deuteronomy 15:1שָׁנִים מִקְצֵה שֶׁבַע (by which is meant not the actual end of the three or seven years, but the period when the third or seventh year has arrived); מִמָּחֳרָתafter the morrow (had arrived)=on the morrow, Genesis 19:34 + often; מֵהַבֹּקֶר2 Samuel 2:27. — 2 Samuel 23:4מִמָּטָר; Isaiah 53:11מֵעֲמַל נַפְשׁוֺ; perhaps Isaiah 29:18 (Kö581). compare 2 Samuel 20:5 and he delayed מןהֿמועדbeyond the appointed time. c. in such phrases, however, מִן sometimes (compare 1c) loses its significance: thus מֵאָז2 Samuel 15:34; Isaiah 16:13 not from former time, but in former time, formerly, Genesis 6:4הַגִּבּוֺרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֺלָם which were of old, Joshua 24:2 dwelt of old, Psalm 77:6 days מִקֶּדֶםaforetime, מֵאַחֲרֵיDeuteronomy 29:21 (p. 30). — מִקָּרוֺב literally from near, i.e. recently Deuteronomy 32:17, of short duration Job 20:5, shortly Ezekiel 7:8; at hand (in a local sense, 1c) Jeremiah 23:23. 5 (וְעַד) מִן ֗֗֗ עַדfrom . . . even, to : very oft .: — a. in geography or local sense, Genesis 10:19; Genesis 15:18מנהר מצרים עד הנהר הגדול, Genesis 25:18; Exodus 23:31; Deuteronomy 2:36; 1 Samuel 3:20; 2 Samuel 5:25; Jeremiah 31:38; Psalm 72:8 + often; so with מִלְּבוֺא1 Kings 8:65 (2 Chronicles 7:8), 2 Kings 14:25; Amos 6:14; Deuteronomy 13:8מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְעַד קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ, Deuteronomy 28:64; Jeremiah 12:12; Genesis 47:21מִקְצֵה גְּבוּלמִֿצְרַיִם וְעַדקָֿצֵהוּ, 1 Kings 6:24; 1 Kings 7:23שְׂפָתוֺ מִשְּׂפָתוֺ וְעַד; Leviticus 13:12מראשׁו ועד רגליו, Deuteronomy 28:35ועד קדקדך מכף רגלך (similarly 2 Samuel 14:25; Job 2:7; Isaiah 1:6). compare 1 Samuel 9:2מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה, 2 Samuel 5:9; Joshua 15:46. b. metaphor not of actual space, but of classes of objects, to express idiomatically the idea ofcomprehension, so that the two prepositions may be often represented by both . . . and:Genesis 19:4מִנַּעַר וְעַדזָֿקֵןfrom young to old (i.e. both included)=both young and old, Genesis 19:11; 1 Samuel 5:9 + מִקָּטֹן וְעַדגָּֿדוֺל=both great and small, Jeremiah 6:13מִקְּטַנָּם וְעַדגְּֿדוֺלָםfrom the least of them even to the greatest of them, ib. וְעַדכֹּֿהֵן מִנָּבִיאfrom the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely, Exodus 9:25 + מאדם ועד בהמהboth man and beast, Exodus 11:5מבכור פרעהע֗֗֗ד׳בכור השׁפחה וגו, Exodus 13:15; Numbers 6:4; Deuteronomy 29:10עד שֹׁאב מימיך מחֹטב עציך, Joshua 8:25 + מאישׁ ועד אשׁה, 1 Samuel 15:3 (4 pairs), 1 Samuel 22:19; 1 Kings 5:13; 2 Kings 17:9=2 Kings 18:8, Isaiah 10:18מנפשׁ ועד בשׂר=both soul and body, Jeremiah 9:9; after a word implying a negative=either . . . orGenesis 14:23; Genesis 31:24,29 מטוב עד רעeither good or evil. The עַד may be repeated, if required: Genesis 6:7עדבֿהמה עד רמשׂ ועדעֿוף השׁמים מאדם (so Genesis 7:23), Exodus 22:3; Joshua 6:21; Judges 15:5מִגָּדִישׁ וְעַדקָֿמָה וְעַדכֶּֿרֶם זָ֑יִת, Judges 20:48; 1 Samuel 30:19: without מן, Leviticus 11:42; Numbers 8:4. Similar is the use of מן in the idiom (וָמָֽטָּה) מִבֶּןשָׁ֗֗֗נָה וָמָֽעְלָה (also וְעַדבֶּֿן ֗֗֗ שָׁנָה); and compare 2 Kings 3:21 c. of time, Genesis 46:34מִנְּעֻרֵינוּ וְעַד עַתָּהfrom our youth even until now, 1 Samuel 12:2; Jeremiah 3:25; Numbers 14:19; Exodus 10:6; Exodus 18:13מןהֿבֹקר עדהֿערב, 1 Samuel 30:17; 1 Kings 18:26; Isaiah 9:6; Psalm 90:2; + often: with two inff. Hosea 7:4: and implying intervals (not duration) Ezekiel 4:10,11 (compare with לְEsther 3:7 (twice in verse)). d. there occur further (1) מִן ֗֗֗ אֶלֿ, Joshua 15:21; Exodus 26:28=Exodus 36:33מִןהַֿקָּצֶה אֶלהַֿקָּצֶהfrom end to end, Ezekiel 40:23,27; Ezra 9:11מִמֶּהאֶֿלמֶּֿה; Psalm 144:13מִזַּן אֶל זַןfrom kind to kind=kinds of every sort; with a verb of motion, Jeremiah 48:11; Psalm 105:13; 1 Chronicles 17:5, and expressing a climax, Psalm 84:8יֵָֽלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶלחַֿיִל, Jeremiah 9:2 (compare Romans 1:17): of time, מיוםאֿליֿוםNumbers 30:15, compare 1 Chronicles 16:23 ("" Psalm 96:2לְ); implying intervals, מֵעֵת אֶלעֵֿת1 Chronicles 9:25. (2) מִן ֗֗֗ לְExodus 32:27; Ezekiel 40:13; Zechariah 14:10: of time Psalm 96:2; Job 4:20: with intervals, 2 Samuel 14:26. (3) מִן ֗֗֗ הָ֯Numbers 34:10; Ezekiel 6:14; מִמִּדְבָּר רִבְלָ֫תָה (so Ges Ew Hi etc.) from the wilderness to Riblah, Ezekiel 21:3; Ezekiel 25:13מִתֵּימָן וּדְדָ֫נֶה (Co Kö Berthol); without ָ֯1 Kings 5:1. And of time in the phrase (implying intervals) מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָהExodus 13:10 4t. 6 In comparisons, beyond, above, hence in English than: so constantly: namely a. when an object is compared with another distinct from itself, Judges 14:18מַהמָּֿתוֺק מִדְּבַשׁ what is sweet away from, beyond in excess of, honey ? i.e. in our idiom, what is sweeter than honey ? Leviticus 21:10הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֺל מֵאֶחָיו the priest that is great above his brethren, Numbers 14:12; Ezekiel 28:3חָכָם מִדָּנִאֵל wiser than Daniel, Psalm 119:72 + very often; Hosea 2:9כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מֵעָ֑תָּה; with an infinitive (sometimes with לְ) as subject, Genesis 29:10׳טוֺב תִּתִּי אֹתָהּ לְךָ מִתִּתִּי אֹתָהּ וגו better is my giving her to thee than my giving her to another, Exodus 14:12; 1 Samuel 15:22; Proverbs 21:9,19; Proverbs 25:7; Psalm 118:8; Psalm 118:9 +; with verbs, Genesis 19:9עתה נָרַע לְךָ מֵהֶם now we will harm thee beyond them, more than them, Genesis 25:23לְאֹם מִלְאֹם יֶאֱמַץ, Genesis 26:16; Genesis 29:30אתרֿחל מִלֵּאָה ויאהב גםֿ, Genesis 38:26צָֽדְקָה מִמֶּנִּי, Genesis 48:19יִגְדַּל מִמֶּנּוּ, Judges 2:19השׁחיתו מאבותם they have done corruptly more than their fathers, 1 Samuel 2:29; 2 Samuel 20:6; 1 Kings 1:37; 1 Kings 14:9; Jeremiah 5:3; Ezekiel 5:6 + often;=in, preference to, above, Psalm 45:8; Psalm 52:5 (twice in verse); Hosea 6:6; Habakkuk 2:16, after בחרJeremiah 8:3; Job 7:15; Job 36:21; Psalm 84:11 (מִדּוּר) +: note also נֹפֵל מִןJob 12:3; Job 13:2to (Ew Ges and others Hi; al. De); שֹׁנֶה מִן different fromEsther 1:7; Esther 3:8. b. when an object is compared with a group or multitude of which it forms one, especially with מִכֹּל, Genesis 3:1מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עָרוּם subtil out of all beasts of the field, or beyond, above all (other) beasts, Genesis 3:14 cursed above all cattle (but without implying any judgment whether other cattle are cursed likewise), Genesis 37:3 Israel loved Joseph מִכָּלבָּֿנָיוout of all his sons, or above all his (other) sons, Deuteronomy 7:7; Deuteronomy 33:24בָּרוּךְ מִבָּנִים אָשֵׁר blessed above sons be Asher, Judges 5:24תְּבֹרַח מִנָּשִׁים blessed above women be Jael, 1 Samuel 9:2b 1 Samuel 15:33כֵּן תִּשְׁכַּל מִנָּשִׁים אִמֶּ֑ךָ, 1 Samuel 18:30; Jeremiah 17:9עָקֹב מִכֹּל deceitful above all things, Psalm 45:3; Songs 5:10דָּגוּל מֵרְבָבָה (compare בָּחַר מִן above 2ac: ex in eximius, egregius; Iliad 18:431 ὅς σ’, ἐμοὶ ἐκ πάσεων Κρονίδης Ζεὺς ἄλγἐ ἔδωκεν, 3:227 ἔξοχος Ἀργείων . . . κεφαλήν). c. sometimes in poetry the idea on which מן is logically dependent, is unexpressed, and must be understood by the reader, Isaiah 10:10ופסיליהם מירושׁלם and their idols are (more) than (those of) Jerusalem, Micah 7:4יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה the uprightest is (sharper) than a thorn-hedge (but We from), Job 11:7; Job 28:18; Psalm 4:8מֵעֵתbeyond (that of) the time when etc. Ecclesiastes 4:17; Ecclesiastes 9:17; compare Ezekiel 15:2. d.מן not unfrequently expresses the idea of a thing being too much for a person, or surpassing his powers: Genesis 18:14דָּבָר הֲיִמָּלֵא׳מי can a thing be too hard for J.? (so Deuteronomy 17:8 +; compare Psalm 131:1; Psalm 139:6 + ), Psalm 32:11קָטֹנְתִּי מִן, Deuteronomy 14:24כִּי יִרְבֶּה מִמְּךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ=is too great for thee (1 Kings 19:7), 1Ki 32:47 רֵק מִכֶּם: so with עָצַםGenesis 26:16, כָּבֵד be too heavy forExodus 18:18; Psalm 38:5, מָךְLeviticus 27:8 (too poor to pay), קָשָׁהDeuteronomy 1:7, צַר be too narrow for, 2 Kings 6:1; Isaiah 49:19, קצרIsaiah 50:2, אָמַץPsalm 18:18, ירום נמני is too high for me Psalm 61:3, גָּבַרPsalm 65:4; ַהמְעַט מִמְּךָJob 15:11too little for thee ? ַהמְעַט מִכֶּםNumbers 16:9; Isaiah 7:13; Ezekiel 34:18 (see מְעַט; also on Ezekiel 16:20); often with an infinitive, as Genesis 4:13גָּדוֺל עֲוֺנִי מִנְּשׂוֺא is greater than I can bear, Genesis 30:7 their substance was רַב מִשֶּׁבֶת יַחְדָּו literally great beyond dwelling together=too great for (their) dwelling together, Exodus 12:4; Judges 7:2מִתִּתִּי רַב=too great for me to give, 1 Samuel 25:17b 1 Kings 8:64רַב מֵהָכִיל, Isaiah 28:20; Isaiah 33:19; Isaiah 59:1; Habakkuk 1:13; Psalm 40:6; Ruth 1:12: note especially רַב מִן it is more than that . . . (=there is enough of), Exodus 9:28; 1 Kings 12:28, followed by substantive Ezekiel 44:6 (see רַב); and Isaiah 49:6נָקֵל מִהְיוֺתְךָ לִי׳עֶבֶד לְהָקִים וגוtoo light for thy being my servant was it to raise up, etc., Ezekiel 8:17׳הֲנָקֵל לְבֵית יִשְׂר׳מֵעֲשׂוֺת וגו was it too trifling to the house of Israel for the doing etc. (less than the doing etc. deserved) ? (but ? read עֲשׂוֺת on analogue of 1 Kings 16:31). 7מן is prefixed to an infin.: a. with a causal force (rare), from, on account of, through (compare 2f): Deuteronomy 7:7,8 אֶתְכֶם׳מֵאַהֲבַת יthrough J.'s loving you=because J. loved you, Deuteronomy 9:28 (compare Deuteronomy 1:27בְּ) 2 Samuel 3:11מִיִּרְאָתוֺ אֹתוֺ=because he feared him, Isaiah 48:4מִדַּעְתִּי ֗֗֗ =because I knew. . . So in מִבְּלִי ֗֗֗ , מִבִּלְתִּי. b. after verbs implying restraint, prevention, cessation, etc., as מִלֶּדֶת עֲצָרַנִיGenesis 16:2 hath restrained me from bearing, וַתַּעֲמֹד מִלֶּדֶתGenesis 29:35; Genesis 30:9: so with חשׂךGenesis 20:6 +, חדל + Exodus 23:5 +, כִּלָּה + Exodus 34:33 +, נִכְלָאExodus 36:6, מָנַע1 Samuel 25:26 +, שׁבתJeremiah 31:36 +, יָרֵא מֵהַבִּיטExodus 3:6 +, שִׁמְרוּ מִןהַֿחֵרֶםJoshua 6:18; 2Chronicles 25:13 הֵשִׁיב מִלֶּכֶת. Especially (a) after similar verbs, expressing concisely a negative consequence, literally away from . . ., i.e. so as not to, so that not:Genesis 23:6; b Genesis 27:1 Jacob's eyes were dim, ֵמרְאֹתaway from seeing=so that he could not see, Genesis 31:29נִשְׁמַר מִן ("" Genesis 31:24מֶּן), Exodus 14:5; Leviticus 26:13; Numbers 32:7; Deuteronomy 28:55 (his eye shall be envious etc.) מִתֵּתfrom giving=so that he will not give, Judges 6:27; 1 Samuel 21:31; 1 Samuel 7:8 do not be silent from us מִזְּעֹקso as not to call (compare 1 Kings 22:3), 1 Samuel 8:7 me have they rejected מִמְּלֹךְ עליהם, 1 Samuel 16:1 (Hosea 4:6), 2 Samuel 14:11 (read מֵהַרְבּוֺת), Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 8:11; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 23:1 is destroyed מִבּוֺאso that none can enter in, Isaiah 24:10; Isaiah 33:15; Isaiah 44:18; Isaiah 49:15; Isaiah 54:9; Isaiah 56:6; Isaiah 58:13; Jeremiah 10:14נִבְעַר ֗֗֗ מִדַּעַת is stupefied so that he has no knowledge, Jeremiah 13:14; Jeremiah 33:21,24,26; Ezekiel 20:17; Micah 3:6; Zechariah 7:11; Zechariah 7:12; Psalm 30:4 Qr, Psalm 39:2; Psalm 69:24; Psalm 102:5 (after שָׁכַח, peculiarly), Psalm 106:23; Lamentations 3:44; Lamentations 4:18; Job 34:30a 2Chronicles 36:13. So in חָלִילָהלִֿי מֵעֲשׂוֺתthat I should not do Genesis 44:17 +. (b) still more concisely, especially in poetry, with a noun alone: 1 Samuel 15:23 has rejected thee מִמֶּלֶךְfrom (being) king (1 Samuel 15:26 מֶלֶךְ מִהְיוֺת), Leviticus 26:43מֵהֶם, Isaiah 7:8יֵחַת מֵעָם shall be shattered from (being) a people, that it be no more a people, Isaiah 17:1מוּסָר מֵעִיר, Isaiah 25:2b; Isaiah 52:14מֵאִישׁ מַרְאֵהוּ כֵּן מִשְׁחַת marred away from (being) a man('s), Jeremiah 2:25מִיָּחֵף, Jeremiah 17:16מֵרֹעֶה, Jeremiah 48:2וְנַכְרִיתֶנָּה מִגּוֺי, Jeremiah 48:42מֵעָם, Psalm 8:6 hast made him lack but little מאלהיםut non esset Deus, Psalm 83:5מִגּוֺי, Proverbs 30:2אָנֹכִי מֵאִישׁ בַּעַרtoo boorish to be a man: compare Daniel 4:13; 1 Kings 15:13וַיְסִרֶהָ מִגְּבִירָה removed her from (being) queen-mother, Ezekiel 16:41וִהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ מִזּוֺנָה; and even to express absolutely the non-existence of a thing not named in the principal clause, as Isaiah 23:1שֻׁדַּד מִבַּיִת כִּיso that there is no house, Ezekiel 12:19 (Ezekiel 32:15), Ezekiel 25:9מֵהֶעָרִים, Hosea 9:11 (3 t. in verse); Hosea 9:12; Micah 3:6; Haggai 1:10מִטָּ֑ל, Zechariah 7:14; Zechariah 9:8; Psalm 39:3; Psalm 49:15מִזְּבֻללֿוֺso that it has no dwelling, Psalm 52:7יִסָּֽחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל pluck thee up tentless, Psalm 109:24 is lean מִשָּׁ֑מֶןso that there is no fatness, Job 28:11; Job 33:21; Job 34:30b. Oft. strengthened by pleonastic אֵין or בְּלִי, as מֵאֵין יוֺשֵׁבIsaiah 5:9, מִבְּלִי יוֺשֵׁב see pp. 35:a, 115:b. compare Köiii. 592 ff. c. with a temporal force, since, after (compare 4), chiefly late:Numbers 24:23מִשֻּׂמוֺ אֵלafter God's establishing him, Isaiah 44:7מִשֻּׂמִי עַם עֿוֺלָםsince I appointed the ancient people, Hosea 7:4; Haggai 2:16 (?) Ruth 2:18; Nehemiah 5:14; 1 Chronicles 8:8מִןשִֿׁלְחוֺ אוֺתָם (compare 1 Chronicles 6:16) 2Chronicles 31:10; Daniel 11:23; Daniel 12:1 (compare Daniel 9:25), Psalm 73:20כַּחֲלוֺם מֵהָקִיץafter (one's) awaking, Job 20:4. 8 Once Deuteronomy 33:11 as a conjunction before a finite verb. Smite . . . his hatersמִןיְֿקוּמוּןthat they rise not again, in poetry for מִקּוּם (7b): compare Dr§ 41. — On מֵאֲשֵׁר adverb and conjunction. 9 In compounds: — a.מֵאַחֲרֵי, מֵאֵת, מִבֵּין, מִבַּלְעֲדֵי, מִבַּ֫עַד, מִלְּ (common in Late Hebrew, **for מִלְּ in Mishna see e.g. Babylonian Mez 7:10; Kil 8:1; Ter 8:11; Pes 1:6; Taan 2:7; Yeb 8:2; Ecclesiastes 4:17מִלַּעֲשׂוֺת (have no knowledge so as not to do evil) is read by Siegf Wild; especially before infinitive; in O.T. only in מִלְּבַד, מִלְּבוֺא (above 5a), מִלְמַ֫עְלָה, מִלְמַ֫טָּה, מִלְּעֻמַּת, מִלְּפָנִים, מִלִּפְנֵי, and, si vera lectio, מִלְמַעֲלֵה הֶחָ֑רֶסJudges 8:13, see מַעֲלֶה), מִנֶּגֶד, מֵעַל, מֵעִם, מִתַּ֫חַת; see אַחֲרֵי, אֵת, etc. b.לְמִן (לְמִנִּיMicah 7:12 (twice in verse)), with לְ pleonastic, from=מִן, but used almost exclusively of the terminus a quo, whether of space or time (compare מִן 5); — (I) of space, Deuteronomy 4:32; Judges 20:1לְמִדַּן וְעַדבְּֿאֵר שֶׁבַע, Micah 7:12.Micah 7:12 (both לְמִנִּי), Zechariah 14:10; 1 Chronicles 5:9; לְמֵרָחוֺקfrom afar Job 36:3; Job 39:29 (on Ezra 3:13; 2Chronicles 26:15, see below עַד לְ); לְמִתַּחַת לְ=underneath1 Kings 7:32. Idiomatic, especially followed by וְעַד, to denote comprehensively an entire class, לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד בְּהֵמָהExodus 11:7; Jeremiah 51:62 (לְמֵאָדָם), לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד אִשָּׁה2 Samuel 6:19; 2Chronicles 15:13, לְמִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֺל2 Kings 23:2; Jeremiah 42:8, simil. 2Chronicles 15:13; Jeremiah 31:34; Esther 1:5,20, לְמֵרָע וְעַדטֿוֺב2 Samuel 13:22, וּלְמָ֑טָּה לְמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה1 Chronicles 27:23, compare 2Chronicles 25:5. — On לְמִבֵּיתNumbers 18:7. (2) of time (often following by עַד), לְמִן הַיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ from the day when . . ., Deuteronomy 4:32; Deuteronomy 9:7; 2 Samuel 7:11 ("" 1 Chronicles 17:10וּלְמִיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר) Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 32:31; Haggai 2:18; לְמִקְצָת הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ Daniel 1:18; לְמִן הַיּוֺם followed by infinitive (in apposition) Exodus 9:18; 2 Samuel 19:25; לְמִיּוֺם followed by infinitive (genitive) Judges 19:30; 2 Samuel 7:6; Isaiah 7:17; לְמִימֵי ֗֗֗ 2 Kings 19:25 ("" Isaiah 37:26מימי) Malachi 3:7; עולם ועד עולם למןֿJeremiah 7:7; Jeremiah 25:5; לְמֵרָחוֺקfrom afar=long before, 2 Samuel 7:19=1 Chronicles 17:17; 2 Kings 19:25=Isaiah 37:26. מְנָאוֺת see מְנָת below מנה. below [מַנְגִּינָה] see נגן. II. מִנִּי, מִנֵּי see מִן. מִנִּיPsalm 45:9 see I. [ מֵן]. מִנָיוֺת see מְנָת below מנה. מִנְיָמִין, מִנְיָמִן see מִיָּמִן. מִנְלָם see [ מִנְלֶה] below נלה. מנן (of following; Arabic Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 4480. מִן (min or minni or minne) — 1223 OccurrencesGenesis 2:6 Genesis 2:7 Genesis 2:9 Genesis 2:17 Genesis 2:17 Genesis 2:19 Genesis 2:22 Genesis 3:3 Genesis 3:5 Genesis 3:11 Genesis 3:11 Genesis 3:12 Genesis 3:17 Genesis 3:17 Genesis 3:19 Genesis 3:22 Genesis 4:10 Genesis 4:11 Genesis 5:29 Genesis 6:20 Genesis 7:2 Genesis 7:8 Genesis 7:8 Genesis 7:8 Genesis 7:23 Genesis 8:2 Genesis 8:10 Genesis 8:16 Genesis 8:19 Genesis 9:18 Genesis 9:21 Genesis 10:11 Genesis 13:14 Genesis 16:2 Genesis 17:6 Genesis 17:16 Genesis 17:16 Genesis 19:12 Genesis 19:14 Genesis 19:24 Genesis 21:15 Genesis 21:17 Genesis 22:11 Genesis 22:12 Genesis 22:15 Genesis 23:6 Genesis 23:6 Genesis 23:13 Genesis 25:29 Genesis 25:30 Genesis 26:16 Genesis 27:45 Genesis 29:2 Genesis 30:2 Genesis 30:3 Genesis 30:16 Genesis 31:13 Genesis 32:13 Genesis 33:15 Genesis 34:7 Genesis 35:11 Genesis 37:28 Genesis 38:17 Genesis 38:26 Genesis 39:9 Genesis 39:9 Genesis 40:14 Genesis 40:17 Genesis 41:2 Genesis 41:3 Genesis 41:14 Genesis 41:18 Genesis 41:40 Genesis 42:16 Genesis 48:19 Genesis 50:24 Exodus 1:9 Exodus 1:10 Exodus 2:7 Exodus 2:10 Exodus 2:23 Exodus 2:23 Exodus 3:8 Exodus 4:9 Exodus 4:26 Exodus 5:8 Exodus 7:18 Exodus 7:21 Exodus 8:8 Exodus 8:9 Exodus 8:11 Exodus 8:13 Exodus 8:13 Exodus 8:13 Exodus 9:15 Exodus 9:18 Exodus 10:5 Exodus 10:5 Exodus 10:26 Exodus 12:5 Exodus 12:5 Exodus 12:7 Exodus 12:9 Exodus 12:10 Exodus 12:10 Exodus 12:22 Exodus 12:33 Exodus 12:46 Exodus 12:46 Exodus 14:12 Exodus 16:4 Exodus 16:16 Exodus 16:19 Exodus 16:20 Exodus 16:27 Exodus 16:32 Exodus 17:6 Exodus 18:13 Exodus 18:14 Exodus 18:18 Exodus 19:3 Exodus 19:14 Exodus 19:17 Exodus 19:21 Exodus 20:22 Exodus 23:16 Exodus 25:15 Exodus 25:19 Exodus 25:31 Exodus 25:33 Exodus 25:35 Exodus 25:35 Exodus 25:35 Exodus 25:35 Exodus 25:36 Exodus 26:28 Exodus 27:2 Exodus 28:8 Exodus 29:21 Exodus 29:22 Exodus 29:34 Exodus 30:2 Exodus 30:19 Exodus 30:33 Exodus 30:36 Exodus 30:36 Exodus 32:1 Exodus 32:8 Exodus 32:15 Exodus 32:28 Exodus 33:7 Exodus 34:29 Exodus 36:33 Exodus 37:8 Exodus 37:17 Exodus 37:19 Exodus 37:21 Exodus 37:21 Exodus 37:21 Exodus 37:21 Exodus 37:22 Exodus 37:25 Exodus 38:2 Exodus 39:1 Exodus 39:5 Exodus 40:31 Leviticus 1:2 Leviticus 1:2 Leviticus 1:2 Leviticus 1:2 Leviticus 1:3 Leviticus 1:10 Leviticus 1:10 Leviticus 1:10 Leviticus 1:14 Leviticus 1:14 Leviticus 1:14 Leviticus 2:3 Leviticus 2:9 Leviticus 2:10 Leviticus 2:11 Leviticus 3:1 Leviticus 3:6 Leviticus 3:14 Leviticus 4:6 Leviticus 4:7 Leviticus 4:8 Leviticus 4:17 Leviticus 4:18 Leviticus 4:19 Leviticus 5:2 Leviticus 5:3 Leviticus 5:4 Leviticus 5:6 Leviticus 5:12 Leviticus 5:15 Leviticus 5:16 Leviticus 5:18 Leviticus 6:6 Leviticus 6:15 Leviticus 6:16 Leviticus 7:3 Leviticus 7:14 Leviticus 7:15 Leviticus 7:16 Leviticus 7:18 Leviticus 7:25 Leviticus 7:25 Leviticus 8:11 Leviticus 8:24 Leviticus 8:30 Leviticus 9:10 Leviticus 9:10 Leviticus 9:17 Leviticus 9:19 Leviticus 9:19 Leviticus 11:13 Leviticus 11:39 Leviticus 13:4 Leviticus 13:20 Leviticus 13:21 Leviticus 13:25 Leviticus 13:26 Leviticus 13:30 Leviticus 13:31 Leviticus 13:32 Leviticus 13:34 Leviticus 13:56 Leviticus 13:56 Leviticus 13:56 Leviticus 13:56 Leviticus 14:3 Leviticus 14:7 Leviticus 14:16 Leviticus 14:16 Leviticus 14:26 Leviticus 14:27 Leviticus 14:28 Leviticus 14:29 Leviticus 14:30 Leviticus 14:30 Leviticus 14:37 Leviticus 14:38 Leviticus 15:16 Leviticus 15:32 Leviticus 16:14 Leviticus 16:19 Leviticus 17:8 Leviticus 17:10 Leviticus 17:12 Leviticus 17:13 Leviticus 19:34 Leviticus 20:2 Leviticus 20:4 Leviticus 20:24 Leviticus 20:26 Leviticus 21:12 Leviticus 21:22 Leviticus 22:4 Leviticus 22:6 Leviticus 22:7 Leviticus 22:18 Leviticus 22:30 Leviticus 25:12 Leviticus 25:22 Leviticus 25:33 Leviticus 26:6 Leviticus 26:8 Leviticus 26:8 Leviticus 27:9 Leviticus 27:9 Leviticus 27:11 Leviticus 27:29 Numbers 5:2 Numbers 5:17 Numbers 5:26 Numbers 6:19 Numbers 6:19 Numbers 9:12 Numbers 10:34 Numbers 11:14 Numbers 11:17 Numbers 11:25 Numbers 11:31 Numbers 13:23 Numbers 13:23 Numbers 13:31 Numbers 13:33 Numbers 14:6 Numbers 14:12 Numbers 14:38 Numbers 15:3 Numbers 15:3 Numbers 15:23 Numbers 15:30 Numbers 15:30 Numbers 16:9 Numbers 18:9 Numbers 18:26 Numbers 18:26 |
, literally to be near from a thing): probably also the difficult passage 
ap. De), 
is used similarly after negative and interrogative particles, not merely with collective nouns, as 
nought have they of knowledge (Qor 18:4), but also with nouns of unity, as Qor 3:55 Ye have not 
aught of (=any) god, except Him; 19:19 dost thou perceive 
even one of them? 6:59 there falleth not 
even a single leaf (noun of individual meaning) without His knowing it. See further Thes, and WAG. ii. § 48 f. b), (e) (rare) specifying the objects, or elements, of which a Genus consists (the Arabic 
, min of explication, WAG. ii. § 48 g): 
both (of them), Abel as well as Cain, and Qor 3:193: Wl.c.). — On 
is praecidit funem, diminuit numerum,debilitavit; also be bounteous, Qor 3:158 and elsewhere, 
a gift; whence ZerweckPräp. Min 4assumes a primary meaning to separate — either from or for ("zutheilen"), as the case might be).