Lexical Definition

‎מִן‎ min (min) from ^A:Prep
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎מִן‎

according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.

• {properly, a part of
• hence (prepositionally), from or out of}

1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than
1a) from, out of (of place)
1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source)
1c) from (of time)
1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: מִן

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Hebrew form: מִן
‎מִן‎ preposition from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than (Biblical Hebrew and general Aramaic id.); — rarely assimilated, as in Hebrew, see Dan 6:5* ‎מִצַּד‎, Ezra 5:11; Ezra 6:14 suffix ‎מִנִּי‎, ‎מִנָּךְ‎ 3 masculine ‎מִנֵּהּ‎, feminine ‎מִנַּהּ‎ Dan 2:42; Dan 7:24 3 masculine plural ‎מִנְּהוֺן‎ (so Palmyrene Tariff ii. a 34; Nabataean, Egyptian Aramaic ‎מנהם‎, Cooke^{No. 89. 6}, S-C^{Pap. A 10}) Dan 2:33 (twice in verse); Dan 2:41 (twice in verse); Dan 2:42 (twice in verse) Kt (Qr each time feminine ‎מִנְּהֵן‎), Dan 6:3* (twice in verse); —

1. of place:
a. from, Dan 4:10*; Dan 4:11*; Dan 4:28*; Dan 7:4 +, ‎מִן תַּמָּה‎ Ezra 6:6 figurative on the side or part of (compare Biblical Hebrew 1 c) Dan 6:5* ‎מִצַּד מַלְכוּתָא‎.
b. out of, Dan 3:15; Dan 3:26; Dan 5:2; Dan 7:3, etc.
c. (coming) from Dan 2:35, away from, Dan 2:45; Dan 4:11*; Dan 4:22*; Dan 4:28*; Jer 10:11.
d. to ask or exact of a person, Dan 2:16; Dan 2:49 +; Ezra 7:26 to deliver from Dan 6:21*.

2. a. of the source (Biblical Hebrew 2 b), as to be fed from Dan 4:9* or author (ib. d), ‎מִנִּי שִׂים טְעֵם‎ = by me is a decree made, Dan 3:29; Dan 4:3* (Dan 6:27* ‎מִןקֳֿדָמַי‎), Ezra 4:19 +, compare Ezra 5:17 ‎מִנַּי‎ = on my part Dan 2:5; Dan 2:8 (see ‎אַזְדָּא‎).
b. of the immediate cause, as a result of, by, Dan 4:22* (= ‎ב‎ v.Dan 4:12* v.Dan 4:20*), v.Dan 4:30*; Dan 5:21: so with a verb of fearing Dan 5:19.
c. of the remoter cause, by reason of (Biblical Hebrew 2 f ), Dan 5:19 ‎מִןרְֿבוּתָא‎, Dan 7:11 so ‎מִןדִּֿי‎, see ‎דִּי‎

3. d. of the norm (compare Biblical Hebrew 2 g) = at, according to, Ezra 6:14 ‎׳‎‎מִןטַֿעַם אֱלָהּ יִשׂ‎ at the decree of, etc., Ezra 7:23; Dan 2:8 ‎מִןיַֿצִּיב‎ according to certainty, vDan 2:47 ‎מִןקְֿשֹׁט‎.

3. partitively (Biblical Hebrew 3), Dan 6:3* ‎חַד מִנְּהוֺן‎, Dan 7:8; Dan 7:16; Dan 2:25; Dan 5:13 (some) of Dan 2:41 ‎מִןנִֿצְבְּתָא‎; ‎מִנְּהוֺן מִ֗֗֗נְּהוֺן‎ some . . . others of them Dan 2:33; Dan 2:41; Dan 2:42a; so vDan 2:42b ‎מִ֗֗֗נַּהּ‎.

4. of time, from, Dan 2:20 (‎מִן ֗֗֗ וְעַד‎), Ezra 4:15; Ezra 4:19 see also ‎אְדַיִן‎ and ‎דַּי‎

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5. in comparisons, different from Dan 7:3; Dan 7:7; Dan 7:19; Dan 7:23; Dan 7:24, beyond, more than Dan 2:30; Dan 2:39; Dan 6:30; Dan 7:20 end; Dan 4:13* ‎לִבְבֵהּ מִןאֲֿנָשָׁא יְשַׁנּוֺן‎ let his heart be changed away from man's (Biblical Hebrew 7 b b; Isa 52:14).

6. compounds: — see ‎לְוָת‎, ‎קֳדָס‎, [‎קַדְמָה‎], ‎תְּחוֺת‎.

‎מְנֵא‎ see ‎מנה‎. below

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