BDB4709
מִןֿ and מִּ , before יְ (except Dan 12:2; 2Chr 20:11) contracted to מִי (as מִידֵי from מִיְּדֵי), before guttural and ר, mostly מֵ, occasionally מִ (Ges «GKC:102»§ 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«GKC:90»§ 90.3a) Judg 5:14 (twice in verse); Isa 46:3 (twice in verse); Ps 44:11 ; Ps 44:19 ; Ps 68:32 ; Ps 74:22 ; Ps 78:2; Ps 78:42; Ps 88:10 + 19 t. Job, and in לְמִנִּי Mic 7:12 (twice in verse) and מִנֵּיֿ (on analogue of עֲדֵי, עֲלֵי) Isa 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 [untranscribed source text 3020]; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3021] >; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3022]; Sabean בן (DHMZMG xxix.606 ff. ; xxxvii.375)); with suff, מִמֶּנִּי (the מִן reduplicated, Ol§ 223c, and others, Köii. 289 f.), in poetry מִנִּי Isa 22:4; Isa 30:1; Isa 38:12; Job 16:6, מֶ֫נִּי Ps 18:23; Ps 65:4; Ps 139:19; Job 21:16; Job 22:18; Job 30:10 מִמְּךָ, מִמֶּ֑ךָּ, מִמֵּךְ; מִמֶּ֫נּוּ ( Job 4:12 מֶ֫נְהוּ), מִמֶּ֫נָּה; 1 plural מִמֶּ֫נּוּ (according to Orientals מִמֵּ֫נֿוּ: see BaerJob. p. 57 Kö290); מִכֶּם; מֵהֶם ( מִנְּהֶם Job 11:20), מֵהֵ֫מָּה Jer 10:2; Eccl 12:12 מֵהֵ֫נָּה 7 t. (see הֵ֫מָּה 8.c.), מֵהֶן (editions מֵהֵן) Ezek 16:47; Ezek 16:52 (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 descend from
a mountain Exod 19:14, to fall from a roof Deut 22:8, from
heaven
Isa 14:12, to go up from a valley Josh 10:7,
to raise up from the dunghill 1Sam 2:8, or the ground 2Sam 12:17. So constantly with
verbs of going, as בא, הלך, שׁב,
ברח (followed by a person, usually מפני), of calling
, as Isa
24:14
צָֽהֲלוּ מִיָּם, Isa 42:10; Isa 42:11; Ps 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 רחק
Exod 23:7,
חֲדַל מִמֶּנּוּ desist from us,Exod 14:2, so הֶרֶף
Deut 9:14,
הֵנִיחַ
Deut 12:10
, השׁקיט > Ps 94:13, שׁבת
Gen 2:2, compare
Gen 5:29
note especially the pregnant constructions, שׁפט to judge (and save) from
Ps 43:1,
followed by מִיַּד
1Sam 24:16
+, ענה to answer (and save) from
Ps 22:22
, חרשׁ and חשׁה to be silent (turning) from
Ps 28:1
(twice in verse), החרישׁו ממני
Job 13:13
; Jer
38:27;
Ps
18:22
ולא רשׁעתי מאלהי not did wickedly (turning) from my God, Ps 30:4
Kt
.,
Ps 73:27, כלזֿוֺנֶה ממך, Jer 3:20
בָּגַד מִן (
ᵐ5
εἰς = ב), Jer 31:13 with שִׂמַּח (2Chr 20:27), Ezek 27:34
;
Prov 25:17
הֹקַר רַגְלְךָ מִבֵּית רֵעֶ֫ךָ, Isa 29:4; Isa 63:17; Joel 1:12; Jer 51:5
אַלְמָן מֵאֱלֹהָיו widowed (and severed) from etc., Ezek 44:22
also Judg
7:17
מִמֶּנִּי 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, פּדה
, פִּלֵּט, idiomatic with מִיַּד. With infinitives, see below
7.b. often also with adverbs, as מִשָּׁם
thence, מֵאַיִן
whence ?
מִוֶּה, מִפֹּה
hence. compare also חָפְשִׁי מִן free (safe) from
Job 3:19,
עֵזֶר מִצָּרָיו a help from his foes Deut 33:7; Nah 3:11
מָעוֺז מֵאוֺיֵב, Ps 32:7
סֵתֶר מִצַּר, Ps 60:13
עֶזְרָת מִצָּ֑ר, Isa 4:6
צֵל מֵחֹרֶב a shadow from, the heat, Isa 25:4. Here also belong Isa 40:15
מַר מִדְּלִי a drop from (hanging from) a bucket; Song 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
[untranscribed source text 3023], literally to be near from a thing): probably also the difficult
passage Dan 8:9
, and from one of them there came forth מִצְּעִירָה קֶרֶן אַחַת a horn
from (being) a little one, i.e. gradually increasing from small beginnings (but ? read
אַחֶרֶת צְעִירָה
Bev compare Dan 7:8).
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
): Prov
20:3
שֶׁכֶת מֵרִיב to sit away from strife (compare
[untranscribed source text 3024]
ap.
De), Num 15:24 if the thing be done מֵעֵינֵי הָעֵדָה
away from the eyes of etc., Judg 5:11
De
RV
(but Be
RVm
because of), Isa 14:19 cast out מִקִּבְרְךָ
away from thy sepulchre, Job 28:4
דַּלּוּ מֵאֱנוֺשׁ, Gen 4:11 cursed art thou האדמה מןֿ,
De
Di
away from the (tilled) soil, compare Gen 4:14 (but
Kn
Ke
from, compare Gen 4:12 a), Gen 27:39 (probably) הָאָרֶץ מִשְׁמַנֵּי
away from the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling; almost = without
,
Job
11:15 then shalt thou lift up thy face מִמּוּם
away from, without spot, Job 19:26 (probably) מִבְּשָׂרִי
without my flesh shall I see God, Job 21:9
בָּֽתֵּיהֶם שָׁלוֺם מִפַּחַד are at peace without fear, Prov 1:33;
Jer 48:45
fleeing עָֽמְדוּ מִכֹּחַ they stand without strength, Isa 22:3
מִקֶּשֶׁת אֻסָּ֫רוּ (Hi
De
Di
Che) they were bound without the bow (being
used) (but Ges as 2.e.:
by the bowmen), Zeph 3:18. (On 2Sam 13:16 see We
or Dr). See also 7.b
. with of 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.): Gen 2:8
׳
י planted a garden in Eden מִקֶּדֶם
off, on the east, Gen 12:8
מִקֶּדֶם בֵּיתְאֵל מִיָּם וְהָעַי Bethel off (on
) the West and `Ai off (on) the East; so
מִמִּוְרָח, מִצָּפוֺן, מִנֶּגֶכ
Josh 11:3
; Josh
15:8;
Josh
18:5;
1Sam
14:5, etc.: similarly מִיָּמִין
on the right, מִשְּׂמאֹול
on the left, מִמּוּל and (more rarely) מִפָּנִים
on the front, מֵאָחוֺר = behind (2Sam 10:9), מִסָּבִיב
Deut
12:10 + round about, מִמַּעַל, מִלְמַעְלָה
, and מֵעָ֑ל (rare) = above, מִתַּחַת
Exod 20:4
+ beneath, מִבַּיִת
on the inside, מִחוּץ
on the outside Gen 6:14 +, מִנֶּגֶד
in front, at a distance, Gen 21:16 +, מֵרָחוֺק
Exod 2:4 +
afar off, מִפְּנִ֫ימָה
within, מִזֶּהמִ֗֗֗וֶּה and מִפֹּה מִפֹּה ֗֗֗
on this side . . . on that side. And so even with verbs of
motion, as Gen
11:2
מִקֶּדֶם ויהי בנסעם as they journeyed — not from, but — on,
the side of the east, virtually = eastwards, Gen 13:11
and Lot journeyed מקדם
east, Isa 17:13; Isa 22:3
ברחו מֵרָחוֺק they fled — not from afar but — afar
,
Isa
23:7 whose feet used to carry her מֵרָחוֺק
afar off to sojourn, Isa 57:9 thou didst send thy messengers עדמֿרחוק
even 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 Josh 8:13
לָעִיר מִיָּם
on the west of the city, מִקֶּדֶם לְ
Gen 3:24
, מִצְּפוֺן לְ (construct Ges«GKC:130a»§
130 a, n.)
Josh 8:11;
Josh 8:13; Josh 24:30, מִימִינֶ֑ךָ
Ps 91:7
, מִתַּחַת לְ
Gen 1:7,
מִמַּעַל לְ
Gen 22:9
, מִבֵּית לְ
Lev 16:2
: מֵאַחֲרֵי
behind
Exod
14:19
מִצַּד בֵּיתְאֵל
beside Bethel Josh 12:9, מִצִּדּוֺ
beside it 1Sam 6:8, מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן
on the other side of Jordan Num 21:1 +; מֵהָֽלְאָה לְ
beyond
Amos 5:27
tablets written מִשְּׁנֵי עֶבְרֵיהֶם
on both their sides, מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו
Jer
49:32 + (see further the words cited). So מֵהַבַּיִת
on the side of the house Ezek 40:7; Ezek 40:8; Ezek 40:9, מֵאֵצֶל
beside
Ezek 40:7
;
1Sam 20:21 the arrows are מִמְּךָ וָהֵנָּה
from thee and hither = on this side of thee, 1Sam 20:22
מִמְּךָ וָהָֽלְהָא, compare Num 32:19 (twice in verse).
2. Out of, Greek ἐκ, Latin ex: thus
a.
מִמִּצְרַיִם
out of Egypt: so (a) with verbs of proceeding,
removing,
expelling, etc., as הוֺצִיא, יָצָא (see
יָצָא
), שִׁלַּח
Gen 3:23
,
לָקַח
Gen 34:26
,
גָנַב
Gen 40:15
,
הִכְרִית
Exod 8:5;
Ps 101:8
,
גֵּרֵשׁ
Judg 11:7
,
etc.; to
draw out of water, a pit, etc. Exod 2:10; Ps 40:3 to cast out of
the hand
Judg
15:17 to
rescue out of the mouth Amos 3:12 to drink מִכּוֺס
2Sam 12:3
; Deut 30:3
וְקִבֶּצְךָ מִןהָֿעַמִּים, Ezek 11:17; Ezek 36:24 +: pregnantly
with חָרֵד
Hos
10:10
;
Hos
10:11
,
רגז
Mic 7:17
to
tremble (and come) out of, חרג
Ps 18:46
(||
2Sam
22:46
חגר),
2Sam
74:11
;
Isa
38:17
חָשַׁק (ni חָשַׂךְ leg.), Ezek 28:16
חִלֵּל, Ezra 2:62 compare נִשְׁכַּח מִפֶּה
Deut
31:21
,
מִלֵּב
Ps 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., Gen 4:10; Num 24:19 (Ps 110:1), Deut 4:35
קלו מןהֿשׁמים השׁמיעך אתֿ, Amos 1:2
מציון ישׁאג
׳
י,
Ps
14:2;
Ps 20:3
send thee help מִקֹּדֶשׁ, Ps 14:7
יַעֲנֵהוּ מִשְּׁמֵי קָדְשׁוֺ, Ps 42:7; Ps 68:36; Ps 85:12; Ps
109:10
ודרשׁו מחרבזתיהם seek (their bread) out of their desolate homes
(but
Ew
De as 1.b.
far from;
ᵐ5
Gr
Che
יְגָֹֽרְשׁוּ let them be driven from), Ps 128:5; Ps 130:1
;
Job 27:23
;
Isa
29:18 to see out of darkness, Song 2:9 to look out
מִןהַֿחַלֹּנוֺת
from the windows (usually בעד), Song 5:4 he put forth his hand
מִןהַֿחוֺר
from (i.e. in through) the hole (in the door or wall). (
c) with בָּחַר to choose out of, Exod 18:25
+ often, compare with הִבְדִּיל
Deut
29:20
;
1Kgs
8:53,with יָדַע
Amos 3:2;
Exod 19:5
ye shall be to me סְגֻלָּה מכלהֿעמים a treasure (chosen) out of
all
peoples (compare with בָּחַר
Deut 7:6;
Deut 14:2
).
b. of the material out of which anything is formed, or from
which it is derived: (a) Gen 2:19 to form מןהֿאדמה
out of the soil, Gen 2:23
מִבְּשָׂרִי עֶצֶם מֵעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר, Exod 39:1; Num 6:4; Hos 13:2 to make images
מִכַּסְפָּם,
Ps 16:4
נִסְכֵּיהֶם מִדָּם, Ps 45:14; Song 3:9; Isa 40:17
מאפס ותהו נחשׁבולֿו as made of nought and unreality are they
reckoned by him (|| כְּאַיִן נֶגְדּוֺ), Isa 41:24
הֵן אַתֶּם מֵאַיִן (|| מֵאָ֑פַע, read מֵאָ֑פֶם), Ps 62:10
מֵהֶבֶל (al.
6.c.), Prov 13:11; Exod 25:19; Exod 25:31 its cups,
its knops, etc., ממנה יהיו shall be from it (i.e. of one
piece with it), so
Exod 25:35 Exod 25:36; Exod 27:2; Exod 30:2
al.; (b) with verbs of eating, filling, etc., as
שׁתה
Gen 9:21
;
Job
21:20
מֵחֲמַת שַׁדַּי יִשְׁתֶּה, Song 8:2
הִשְׁקָה, רָוָה
Ps 36:9
+, רִוָּה
Isa 34:7
, שׂבע
Prov 18:20 +, השׂביע
Ps
81:17 +, מִלֵּא (rare) Ps 127:5: compare Deut 32:42
אַשְׁכִּיר חִצַּי מִדָּם, Isa 51:21; Ps 28:7 (peculiar)
וּמִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ
out of song I will thank him (Ps 69:31
׳
ב), also (unusual) Isa 2:3
וְיוֺרֵנוּ מִדְּרָכָיו i.e. out of (the treasure of) his
ways (al. particle = some of), Ps 94:12b
מִתּוֺרָֽתְךָ תְלַמְּדֶנּוּ; Eccl 7:10 to speak מֵחָכְמָה
(compare
Rabb
מִתּוֺךְ).
c. of the source or
origin: namely (a) of parents, Gen 16:2
אִבָּנֶה ממנה I shall be built up out of her (so Gen 30:3
),
Gen
17:16
מלכי עמים ממנה יהיו, Gen 35:11a: often of coming forth מִבֶּטֶן
Job 1:21
, מֵחֲלָצֶיךָ
Gen
35:11b, ממעיך
Gen 15:4
,
Isa 2:20
׳
י give thee seed from this woman; compare Job 16:4
מִי יִתֵּן טָהוֺר מִטָּמֵא (b) of the tribe or people,
from which a person comes (compare 1.a.),
Num 3:12
׳
כל בכור ֗֗֗ מכני ישׂר, Josh 12:4; 2Sam 4:2;
2Sam 21:2; Jer
1:1
+; and so of a person's native place, as
Judg 12:8
אבצן מבית לחם Ibzan from Biblical,
Judg 13:2
אִישׁ מִצָּרְעָה
Judg 17:1;
Judg
17:7; 1Sam 1:1
; 1Sam 9:1;
2Sam 23:20
;
2Sam 23:30
;
Amos
1:1 +, compare Jer 46:25
אָמוֺן מִנּאֹ; Isa 48:1
וּמִמֵּי יְהוּדָה יָצָֽאוּ, Isa 48:2
מֵעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ נִקְראוּ, Isa 58:12
וּבָנוּ מִמֵךְ (those) from thee shall build, Ps 68:27
מִמְּקוֺר ישׂראל ye (sprung) from the fountain of
Israel, Mic 5:1
; Nah
1:11
Nah
1:14
figurative מִשִּׁמְךָ), Zeph 3:18; Jer 30:21;
Zech 10:4
. (c) of beasts and things,
Gen
2:7
עָפָר מִןהָֿאֲדָמָה, Jer 5:6
אַרְיֵה מִיַּעַר a lion from the woods, Ps 80:14
חֲזִיר מִיַּעַרִ; compare Ps 10:18
אֶנוֺשׁ מִןהָֿאָרֶץ man from the earth (
terrenus), Ps 72:16
יָצִיצוּ מֵעִיר; Job 28:12
וְהַחָכְמָה מֵאַיַן תִּמָּצֵא. (d) מִלֵּב
Isa
59:13
; Job
8:10
, especially with
reference to what is self-devised, Num 16:28
כִּי לֹא מִלִּבִּי, Num 24:13; 1Kgs 12:33;
Neh
6:8
נְבִיאֵי מִלִּבָּם
Ezek 13:2
.
d. of the source
or author of an action, counsel, or event: 1Sam 24:14
מֵרְשָׁעִים יֵצֵא רֶשַׁע, 2Sam 3:37
היתה מהמלך לא it was not from the king to, etc.;
specifically of ׳
י,
Gen 24:50
יצא הדבר
׳
כי מי,
Judg 14:4 knew הוא
׳
כי מי that it was from J., 1Kgs 2:15
׳
היתה לו כי מי, Prov 16:1; Prov 20:24
מִצְעֲדֵי גֶבֶר
׳
מי,
Ps 37:39;
Ps
62:2
מִמֶּנּוּ יְשׁוּעָתִי, Hos 8:4 they have made kings,
מִמֶּנִּי וְלֹא not from me, i.e. not at my prompting,
Isa 30:1;
Isa 50:11 (מִיָּדִי) Ezek 3:17
end = Ezek
33:7
and warn them from me,
1Chr 5:22
; 1Chr 13:2
;
2Chr 22:7; 2Chr 25:20 (synonym מֵאֵת,
מֵעִם, which are more frequent in this sense); in poetry Hos 7:5
חֲמַת מִיַּיִן heat from wine, Ps 9:14
מִשּׂנְאַי עָנְיִי
at the hands of my haters, Ps 74:22;
Job 4:13
שְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנוֺת לַיְלָה thoughts (arising) out of
, etc.,
Job
6:25
הוֺכֵחַ מִכֶּם reproof proceeding from you, Job 20:29 (twice in
verse), Ps
78:2
חִידוֺת מִקֶּדֶם indirect lessons (springing) out of
antiquity;
Dan 11:31
זְרֹעִים מִמֶּנּוּ (Köiii. 241
). As marking the author of a judgment or estimate (rare), Num 32:22
וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל
׳
נְקִיִּם מי guiltless at the hands of (= in the
judgment of) J. and Israel (compare מֵעִם
2Sam 3:28
; Job
34:33
),
Job 4:17 shall man be just מֵאֱלֹהַּ
at God's hands ? (|| מֵעשֵֹׁהוּ),
Jer 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 person
Gen 19:36
+ הָֽרְתָה מן to be pregnant
by, Gen 49:25; 1Sam 31:3
וַיָּחֶל מֵהַמּוֺרִים was in anguish from the
archers, Hos 7:4
בֹּעֵ֫רָה מֵאֹפֶה (ni בֹּעֵר הֵם leg.: see
We), Ps
18:9
; Nah 1:5
הרים רעשׁו ממנו, Dan 11:31 (accents); with passive
verb, Nah 1:6
הצורים נִתְּצוּ ממנו, Ps 37:23 (compare Prov 20:24
d), Job 24:1;
Eccl 12:11
;
Dan 8:11. (b) the cause, a thing, Gen 49:24
his arms were
agile מידי אביר יעקב
from the hands, etc., Isa 6:4 the thresholds shook
מִקּוֺל הַקּוֺרֵא (so מקול elsewhere, as Isa 30:31
; Isa
33:3
; Jer
8:16
), Jer
28:7
תָעוּ מִןהַֿשֵּׁכָר (|| ב), Jer 31:4;
Jer 31:9;
Jer 10:10; Ezek 19:10 became fruitful
מִמַּיִם רַבִּים, Ezek 31:5; Job 4:9
מִנִּשְׁמַת אֱלוֺהַּ יאֹבֵדוּ
at the breath of God, Job 14:9
מֵרֵיחַ מַיִם יַפְרִחַ, Job 31:23; Job 39:26
הֲמִבִּינָָֽתְךָ יַאֲבֶרנֵֿץ
Ps 39:11
;
Ps
73:19
סָפוּ תַּמּוּ מִןבַּֿלָּהוֺת, Ps 78:65
מִתְרוֺנֵן מִיַּיִן, Ps 104:15
להצהיל פנים משׁמן
from oil, Ps 107:39, compare
Job 7:14 (|| ב); so with ׳
מִגַּעֲרַת י
at J.'s rebuke, Job 18:16;
Job 76:7 +; with a passive verb, Gen 9:11 to be cut off מִמֵּי
הַמַּבּוּל, 2Sam 7:29
וּמִכִּכָֽתְךָ יְבֹרַח, Isa 28:7
נבלעו
מןהֿיין are undone through wine (Isa 22:3
is dubious: see 1.b.),
Obad 1:9;
Job
28:4
הַנִּשְׁכָּחִים מִנִּי רָ֑גֶל; compare Isa 34:3;
Hos 6:8. (
c) with verbs of
fearing, to express the source of the emotion, as ירא
Ps 3:7 +
often
(also with מִפְּנֵי
), פָּחַד
Ps 27:1
,
נִבְהַל
Ezek
26:18
, גּוּר
Deut
18:22
;
Job
41:17;
Esth 5:9
ולאקֿם ולא זָע ממנו; with בּוֺשׁ
to be disconcerted or disappointed, to
express the source of the disappointment, Isa 1:29 + often;
with שָׂמֵחַ
Prov 5:18
; Eccl 2:10
.
f.
of the remoter cause, the ultimate ground
on account of which something happens or is done.
(N.B. The line between e
and
f
is not always clearly defined):
Exod 2:23
they
sighed מןהֿעבדה
on account of the bondage, Exod 6:9; Exod 15:23; Deut 7:7 not מֵרֻבְּכֶם
through, by reason of, your numbers did J. set his love upon you, Josh 22:24
to do a thing
מִדְּאָנָה
out of carefulness, 2Sam 23:4
מִנֹּגַהּ, 1Kgs 14:4; Isa 53:5 wounded מִפְּשָׁעֵינוּ
on account of our transgressions, bruised מֵעֲוֺנוֺתֵינוּ, Isa 53:8
;
Job 4:19
;
Obad 1:10
; Hab 2:17
; Ps 6:8
עשׁשׁה עיני מִכַּעַס
from vexation (compare Job 17:7: Ps 31:10
׳
ב),
Ps 31:12;
Ps 38:19 I am concerned on account of my sin, Prov 20:4
מֵחֹרֶף עצל לא יחרשׁ
by reason of the winter, Job 22:4
הֲמִיִּרְאָ֑תְךָ יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ
on account of thy fear of him? Song 3:8; Ruth 1:13
כִּימַֿרלִֿי מְאֹד מִכֶּם
because of you: see also Deut 28:34; Deut 28:67; Deut 32:19; Judg 2:18
;
Isa
65:14
; Jer
12:4
; Jer
24:2
מֵרֹעַ, Jer 50:13; Jer 51:5 b (Ew
Ke), Ezek 7:27 (but read probably with
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
ᵑ9
Co
כְּדרכם), Ezek 16:61; Ezek 35:11 (
AV
out of), Ezek 45:20; Mic 2:12; Mic 7:13; Ps 5:11; Ps 12:6; Ps 107:17; Ps
119:53
;
Gen
49:12 red of eyes מִיָּ֑יִן, and white of teeth
מֵחָלָב. Often also in מֵרֹב
from the abundance of, absolute for abundance, with many
different
verbs, as
Gen
16:10
לֹא יִסָּפֵר מֵרֹב
Josh 9:13
;
1Sam 1:16
,
etc.
Similarly in מֵאֵין, מִבְּלִי, מִבִּלְתִּי (pp. 35,
115,
117);
and before an infinitive (7.a.), 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 וגדליו
at, by, in accordance with, the decree of the king (compare Aramaic Ezra 6:14
;
Dan 2:8):
so
Job
39:26
(2.e. (b)) according to Ges
Hi.
3.
Partitively (a sense connecting with 2.a. (c
), above): —
a.
Gen 6:19
שְׁנַיִם מִכֹּל
two out of, from, all, Gen 7:8; Gen 39:11
אישׁ מן ֗֗֗ a man (or one) of . . . (so Num 25:6; Num 1:28
+, אנשׁים מן ֗֗֗
Num 16:2
; Josh 2:2
+, 2Kgs 2:7
, etc.); Gen
42:16 send מִכֶּם אֶחָד
Lev 1:2a
Lev
17:12
כלנֿפשׁ מִכֶּם, Lev 19:34; Lev 26:8, Judg 8:14
נַעַר
מֵאַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֺת, 1Sam 22:8, etc.; Judg 14:19; 2Kgs 2:24; Isa
66:19
אֶחָד מִן ֗֗֗
1Sam
16:18 +, אַחַד מִן ֗֗֗ (Ges
«GKC:130»§ 130, 1) Deut 25:5 +; אַחַת מֵהֵ֫נָּה
Ps
34:21
;
Isa 34:16
מִי מִן ֗֗֗
Job 5:1
;
Isa 50:1
, אֵין מִן ֗֗֗
1Sam
14:39; Isa
51:18; Isa
21:11
מהֿ
מלילה how much of the night? 2Chr 31:3
וּמְנָת
הַמֶּלָח מִןרְֿכוּשׁוֺ.
b. the number being omitted,
מִן
is used indefinitely: — (a) = some of, — as
subject
Exod 16:27
יצאו מןהֿעם there went out (some) of the people, Lev
25:49
;
2Sam
11:17;
2Sam 11:24, especially in late Hebrew Ezra
2:68
;
Ezra 2:70;
Ezra 7:7;
Neh 11:4;
Neh 11:25;
1Chr
4:42;
1Chr 9:30;
1Chr 9:32
;
2Chr
17:11;
2Chr 32:21; Dan 11:35 more
frequently
as object, especially with לקח, Gen 4:3
וַיָּבֵא מִפְּרִי האדמה brought of the fruit of the ground,
Gen
30:14
give me מִדּוּדָאֵי בְנֵךְ (some) of thy son's
love-apples,
Gen
33:15;
Exod
12:7;
Exod
17:5;
Lev 18:30;
Lev 20:2
; Num
11:17
; Num
13:23
;
1Kgs 12:4; Isa
39:7;
Isa
47:13;
Amos
2:11; Dan
8:10
+,
Song 1:2
ישׁקני מִנְּשִׁיקוֺת פִּיו let him kiss me (with) some of
the
kisses etc.,
Ps
72:15;
Ps 137:3
מִשִּׁיר צִיּוֺן (some) of the songs of Zion, Job 11:6 (Ges
RVm
) + often; in late Hebrew note also יֵשׁ מִן ֗֗֗ there are
some of
. . .
Neh
5:5
מֵהֶם ֗֗֗ מֵהֶם ֗֗֗
some. . . others. . .
1Chr
9:28
f. (as in Aramaic
Dan 2:33, and PS2155
); מִקְצָת ֗֗֗
some of. . . (as in Late Hebrew) Dan 1:2; Neh 7:69. (b
) to
designate an individual (rare), Gen 28:11 and he took מֵאַבְנֵי הַמָּקוֺם
(one) of the
stones of the place (see Gen 28:18), Exod 6:25
מבּנות פוטיאל (one) of the daughters of
P
.,
Ezek
17:5;
Ezek 17:13; Neh 13:28; Ps
132:11 as subject Lev 25:33; Dan 11:5 the king of the south שָׂרָיו
וּמִןֿ
and (one) of his captains, Dan 11:7, compare Jer 41:1; Esth 4:5; 2Chr 26:11; Ruth 2:20
מִגֹּאֲלֵנוּ הוא he is (one) of our kinsmen, Exod 2:6. (c) in a
negative or hypothetical sentence (whether subject or object) = any, aught,
Deut 16:4
ולא ילין מןהֿבשׂר and there shall not remain any
of the flesh, 1Kgs 18:5
ולא נכרית
מןהֿבהמה and we shall not destroy any of the beasts, 2Kgs
10:10 (compare Josh 21:43; Josh 23:14; 1Sam 3:19; 1Kgs
8:56;
Esth 6:10
), v
Esth
6:23
׳
פֶּןיֶֿשׁפֹּֿה מֵעַבְדֵי י
Job 27:6
לֹא יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָ֑י my heart reproacheth not one
of my
days: with אִם, etc. Exod 29:34; Lev 4:2a (compare Lev 4:22 Lev 4:27
), Lev
11:32
(מהם), Lev 11:33 Lev 11:35 Lev 11:37-39;
Lev
18:29;
Lev 25:25
; Num
5:6
מִכֹּל
anything whatever, Lev 5:24; Lev 11:34 compare 1Sam
23:23 (?). (
d) peculiarly, with a noun of unity, especially אֶחָד, to express
forcibly the idea of a single one:
Deut 15:7
if there be a poor man in thy midst, מֵאַחַר אַחֶיךָ
any one of thy brethren, Lev 4:2b if he doeth מֵאַחַת מֵהֵ֫נָּה
any one of these things, Lev 5:13; Ezek 18:10
מֵאַחַד מֵאֵלֶּה וְעָשָׂה אָח (where אח is a vox nihili
) and doeth aught of these things; 1Sam 14:45 if there
shall
fall מִשַּׂעֲרַת ראֹשׁוֺ אַרְצָה
a single hair of his head to the ground! (for שְׂעָרָה as a
noun
of individual meaning see Ges«GKC:122t»§ 122t
Dr), compare 2Sam 14:11; 1Kgs 1:52.
(Probably a
rhetorical application of the partitive sense, though the explanation 'starting from
one' = 'even one' would also be possible.
[untranscribed source text 3025] is used similarly after negative and interrogative particles, not merely with
collective nouns, as
[untranscribed source text 3026]
[untranscribed source text 3027] nought have they of knowledge (Qor 18:4), but also with nouns of unity, as Qor
3:55
Ye have not
[untranscribed source text 3028]
aught of (= any) god, except Him; 19:19 dost thou
perceive
[untranscribed source text 3029]
even one of them? 6:59 there falleth not
[untranscribed source text 3030]
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
[untranscribed source text 3031], min of explication, WAG. ii. § 48 g): Gen 6:2
אשׁר בחרו מכל
consisting of all whom they chose, Gen 7:22; Gen 9:10; Lev
11:32 (
מכל),
1Chr 5:18; Jer
40:7 (מאשׁר); Jer
44:28 and they shall
know דְּבַרמִֿי יָקוּם מִמֶּנִּי וּמֵהֶם whose word shall stand,
consisting
of me and of them (defining the genus embraced by ׃מי compare
[untranscribed source text 3032] both (of them), Abel as well as Cain, and Qor 3:193:
Wl.c.). — On מֵאַיִן
Jer 10:6
;
Jer
10:7, see
אַיִן
near the end.
4. of time — namely
a. as marking the
terminus
a quo, the anterior limit of a continuous period, from, since
Deut 9:24
מִיּוֺם דַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם
from the day of my (first) knowing you (so 1Sam 7:2; 1Sam 8:8 + ); 1Sam 18:9
מהיום ההוא וָהָֽלְאָה
from that day and onwards, simil. Lev 22:27; Num 15:23; Ezek
39:22; Isa
18:2;
Isa 18:7
(where מִןהֿוּא = מֵאֲשֶׁר
הוּא; compare
Nah 2:9
מִימֵי הִיא = מִימֵי אֲשֶׁר הִיא); מהיום ההוא וָמָֽעְלָה
1Sam
16:13
;
1Sam
30:25
(
Hag 2:15
;
Hag 2:18
apparently
of time backwards); מֵאָז
from the time of . . . .; מִןהַֿבֶּטֶן
from the womb Judg 13:5; Judg 13:7, מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי
Judg
16:17
+;
מִימֵי ֗֗֗
Hos 10:9
;
Isa 23:7
;
Jer 36:2
+;
מִיָּמֶיךָ idiomatic = since thou wast born 1Sam 25:28
; 1Kgs
1:6 (
מִיָּמָיו), Job 38:12
מִקֶּדֶם
from antiquity Hab 1:12; Ps 74:12; Isa 42:14
הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי מֵעוֺלָם I have been silent since old time;
מֵעַתָּה
from now, hence-forth
Jer 3:4 +,
מִיּוֺם
from to-day Jer 43:13; Ezek 48:35, מןהֿיום הזה
Hag 2:19
.
See also
5.c., 7.c. compare Exod 33:6
מֵהַר חוֺרֵב
from Horeb, Hos 13:4 I am ׳
י thy God מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם.
b. as marking the
period
immediately succeeding the limit, after:
Gen 38:24
כְּמִשְׁלשׁ חֳדָשִׁים
after about three months it was told Judah, מִיָּמִים רַבִּים
Josh 23:1
;
Ezek 38:8
,
מִיָּמִים
after (some) days, Judg 11:4; Judg 14:8; Judg 15:1, מִיֹּמַיִם
after two days Hos 6:2
מֵרֹב יָמִים
Isa
24:22
:
more frequently with קֵץ or קָצֶה, Gen 4:3
מִקֵּץ יָמִים, Gen 8:3; Josh 3:2 + often; Deut 14:28
מִקְצֵה שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים, Deut 15:1
שָׁנִים 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); מִמָּחֳרָת
after the morrow (had arrived) = on the morrow, Gen 19:34
+ often;
מֵהַבֹּקֶר
2Sam 2:27
. — 2Sam
23:4
מִמָּטָר; Isa 53:11
מֵעֲמַל נַפְשׁוֺ; perhaps Isa 29:18 (Kö581
). compare
2Sam 20:5 and he
delayed מןהֿמועד
beyond the appointed time.
c. in such phrases, however,
מִן
sometimes (compare 1.c.) loses its significance: thus
מֵאָז
2Sam
15:34
;
Isa
16:13 not from former time, but in former time,
formerly, Gen 6:4
הַגִּבּוֺרִים אֲשֶׁר מֵעוֺלָם which were of old, Josh 24:2
dwelt of old, Ps 77:6 days מִקֶּדֶם
aforetime, מֵאַחֲרֵי
Deut
29:21
(p. 30). — מִקָּרוֺב literally from near, i.e. recently
Deut
32:17
, of short duration Job 20:5, shortly Ezek 7:8 at hand (in a local
sense, 1.c.) Jer 23:23.
5. (וְעַד) מִן ֗֗֗ עַד
from
. . . even, to : very often: —
a. in geography or local
sense, Gen
10:19;
Gen
15:18
מנהר מצרים עד הנהר הגדול, Gen 25:18; Exod 23:31; Deut 2:36; 1Sam 3:20
;
2Sam 5:25; Jer 31:38
; Ps
72:8
+ often; so with מִלְּבוֺא
1Kgs 8:65
(2Chr 7:8
),
2Kgs
14:25
;
Amos 6:14
; Deut 13:8
מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ וְעַד קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ, Deut 28:64; Jer 12:12; Gen 47:21
מִקְצֵה גְּבוּלמִֿצְרַיִם וְעַדקָֿצֵהוּ, 1Kgs 6:24; 1Kgs 7:23
שְׂפָתוֺ מִשְּׂפָתוֺ וְעַד; Lev 13:12
מראשׁו ועד רגליו, Deut 28:35
ועד קדקדך מכף רגלך (similarly 2Sam 14:25; Job 2:7; Isa 1:6). compare 1Sam 9:2
מִשִּׁכְמוֺ וָמַ֫עְלָה, 2Sam 5:9; Josh 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:
Gen 19:4
מִנַּעַר וְעַדזָֿקֵן
from young to old (i.e. both included) = both
young and old, Gen 19:11; 1Sam 5:9 + מִקָּטֹן וְעַדגָּֿדוֺל =
both
great and small, Jer 6:13
מִקְּטַנָּם וְעַדגְּֿדוֺלָם
from the least of them even to the greatest of them, ib.
וְעַדכֹּֿהֵן מִנָּבִיא
from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth
falsely,
Exod 9:25
+
מאדם ועד בהמה
both man and beast, Exod 11:5
מבכור פרעהע֗֗֗ד
׳
בכור השׁפחה וגו, Exod 13:15; Num 6:4; Deut 29:10
עד שֹׁאב מימיך מחֹטב עציך, Josh 8:25 + מאישׁ ועד אשׁה, 1Sam 15:3
(4 pairs),
1Sam 22:19
;
1Kgs
5:13;
2Kgs
17:9 =
2Kgs
18:8,
Isa
10:18
מנפשׁ ועד בשׂר = both soul and body, Jer 9:9
after a
word
implying a negative = either . . . or
Gen 14:23
;
Gen
31:24;
Gen
31:29
מטוב עד רע
either good or evil. The עַד may be
repeated,
if
required: Gen 6:7
עדבֿהמה עד רמשׂ ועדעֿוף השׁמים מאדם (so Gen 7:23), Exod 22:3; Josh 6:21
; Judg
15:5
מִגָּדִישׁ וְעַדקָֿמָה וְעַדכֶּֿרֶם זָ֑יִת, Judg 20:48; 1Sam 30:19: without
מן
, Lev
11:42;
Num
8:4. Similar is the use of
מן in the idiom (וָמָֽטָּה) מִבֶּןשָׁ֗֗֗נָה וָמָֽעְלָה
(also
וְעַדבֶּֿן ֗֗֗ שָׁנָה); and compare 2Kgs 3:21
c. of time, Gen 46:34
מִנְּעֻרֵינוּ וְעַד עַתָּה
from our youth even until now, 1Sam 12:2; Jer 3:25; Num 14:19; Exod 10:6
;
Exod 18:13
מןהֿבֹקר עדהֿערב, 1Sam 30:17; 1Kgs 18:26; Isa 9:6; Ps 90:2 + often: with
two inff. Hos
7:4: and implying
intervals
(not duration)
Ezek
4:10;
Ezek
4:11 (compare with לְ
Esth 3:7
(twice in
verse)).
d. there occur further (1) מִן ֗֗֗ אֶלֿ, Josh 15:21
;
Exod
26:28 =
Exod 36:33
מִןהַֿקָּצֶה אֶלהַֿקָּצֶה
from end to end, Ezek 40:23; Ezek 40:27; Ezra 9:11
מִפֶּהאֶֿלפֶּֿה; Ps 144:13
מִזַּן אֶל זַן
from kind to kind = kinds of every sort; with a verb of
motion,
Jer
48:11;
Ps 105:13;
1Chr 17:5
, and
expressing a climax,
Ps
84:8
יֵָֽלְכוּ מֵחַיִל אֶלחַֿיִל, Jer 9:2 (compare Rom 1:17): of time, מיוםאֿליֿום
Num 30:15
,
compare
1Chr 16:23
(|| Ps
96:2
לְ); implying intervals, מֵעֵת אֶלעֵֿת
1Chr 9:25
. (2)
מִן ֗֗֗ לְ
Exod
32:27
;
Ezek
40:13
;
Zech
14:10
:
of time Ps
96:2
;
Job 4:20
:
with
intervals, 2Sam 14:26. (3) מִן ֗֗֗ הָ֯
Num 34:10
;
Ezek
6:14
מִמִּדְבָּר רִבְלָ֫תָה (so Ges
Ew
Hi etc.) from the wilderness
to
Riblah,
Ezek 21:3; Ezek 25:13
מִתֵּימָן וּדְדָ֫נֶה (Co
Kö
Berthol); without ָ֯
1Kgs 5:1.
And
of time
in the phrase (implying intervals) מִיָּמִים יָמִ֫ימָה
Exod
13:10
+ 4
t.
6. In comparisons, beyond, above, hence in English
than: so constantly: namely
a. when an object is compared with another
distinct
from
itself,
Judg
14:18
מַהמָּֿתוֺק מִדְּבַשׁ what is sweet away from, beyond in excess of
,
honey ?
i.e. in our idiom, what is sweeter than honey ? Lev 21:10
הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֺל מֵאֶחָיו the priest that is great above his
brethren,
Num 14:12
;
Ezek
28:3
חָכָם מִדָּנִאֵל wiser than Daniel, Ps 119:72 + very often;
Hos 2:9
כִּי טוֺב לִי אָז מֵעָ֑תָּה; with an infinitive (sometimes with לְ) as
subject,
Gen 29:10
׳
טוֺב תִּתִּי אֹתָהּ לְךָ מִתִּתִּי אֹתָהּ וגו better is my giving her to thee
than
my giving her to another, Exod 14:12; 1Sam 15:22; Prov 21:9; Prov
21:19;
Prov
25:7;
Ps 118:8
;
Ps
118:9 +; with verbs, Gen 19:9
עתה נָרַע לְךָ מֵהֶם now we will harm thee beyond them,
more than
them, Gen
25:23
לְאֹם מִלְאֹם יֶאֱמַץ, Gen 26:16; Gen 29:30
אתרֿחל מִלֵּאָה ויאהב גםֿ, Gen 38:26
צָֽדְקָה מִמֶּנִּי, Gen 48:19
יִגְדַּל מִמֶּנּוּ, Judg 2:19
השׁחיתו מאבותם they have done corruptly more than their fathers,
1Sam 2:29
;
2Sam 20:6
; 1Kgs 1:37
;
1Kgs
14:9;
Jer
5:3;
Ezek
5:6 + often; =
in, preference to, above, Ps 45:8; Ps 52:5 (twice in verse); Hos 6:6;
Hab 2:16
, after בחר
Jer 8:3;
Job 7:15
;
Job
36:21
;
Ps
84:11 (
מִדּוּר) +: note also נֹפֵל מִן
Job 12:3
;
Job 13:2
=
inferior
to (Ew
Ges and others Hi
; al.
De); שֹׁנֶה מִן different from
Esth 1:7;
Esth 3:8.
b. when an object is compared with a group or multitude of which it forms one, especially
with
מִכֹּל,
Gen 3:1
מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עָרוּם subtil out of all beasts of the
field, or
beyond, above all (other) beasts, Gen 3:14 cursed above
all cattle
(but without
implying any judgment whether other cattle are cursed likewise), Gen 37:3 Israel loved Joseph
מִכָּלבָּֿנָיו
out of all his sons, or above all his (other) sons, Deut 7:7;
Deut
33:24
בָּרוּךְ מִבָּנִים אָשֵׁר blessed above sons be Asher, Judg 5:24
תְּבֹרַח מִנָּשִׁים blessed above women be Jael, 1Sam 9:2b
1Sam
15:33
כֵּן תִּשְׁכַּל מִנָּשִׁים אִמֶּ֑ךָ, 1Sam 18:30; Jer 17:9
עָקֹב מִכֹּל deceitful above all things, Ps 45:3; Song 5:10
דָּגוּל מֵרְבָבָה (compare בָּחַר מִן above 2.a
.
c: 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, Isa 10:10
ופסיליהם מירושׁלם and their idols are (more) than (those of)
Jerusalem, Mic
7:4
יָשָׁר מִמְּסוּכָה the uprightest is (sharper) than a
thorn-hedge
(but We
from), Job 11:7; Job 28:18; Ps 4:8
מֵעֵת
beyond (that of) the time when etc. Eccl 4:17; Eccl 9:17 compare Ezek 15:2
.
d.
מן not unfrequently expresses the idea of a thing being too much for
a person, or surpassing his powers: Gen 18:14
דָּבָר הֲיִפָּלֵא
׳
מי can a thing be too hard for J.? (so Deut 17:8 +; compare
Ps 131:1
; Ps
139:6
+ ),
Ps 32:11
קָטֹנְתִּי מִן, Deut 14:24
כִּי יִרְבֶּה מִמְּךָ הַדֶּרֶךְ = is too great for thee (1Kgs 19:7
),
1Kgs
32:47
רֵק מִכֶּם: so with עָצַם
Gen 26:16
, כָּבֵד be too heavy for
Exod
18:18
; Ps
38:5
, מָךְ
Lev 27:8
(too poor to pay), קָשָׁה
Deut 1:7,
צַר be too narrow for, 2Kgs 6:1; Isa 49:19, קצר
Isa 50:2
,
אָמַץ
Ps 18:18
, ירום נמני is too high for me Ps 61:3, גָּבַר
Ps 65:4
ַהמְעַט מִמְּךָ
Job
15:11
too little for thee ? ַהמְעַט מִכֶּם
Num 16:9
;
Isa 7:13
;
Ezek
34:18
(see
מְעַט
; also on
Ezek 16:20); often with an infinitive, as Gen 4:13
גָּדוֺל עֲוֺנִי מִנְּשׂוֺא is greater than I can bear, Gen 30:7
their substance was רַב מִשֶּׁבֶת יַחְדָּו literally great beyond
dwelling together = too great for (their) dwelling together, Exod 12:4; Judg 7:2
מִתִּתִּי רַב = too great for me to give, 1Sam 25:17b 1Kgs 8:64
רַב מֵהָכִיל, Isa 28:20; Isa 33:19; Isa 59:1; Hab 1:13; Ps 40:6; Ruth 1:12
: note especially
רַב מִן it is more than that . . . (= there is enough of), Exod 9:28
;
1Kgs
12:28
, followed by substantive Ezek 44:6 (see
רַב
); and
Isa 49:6
נָקֵל מִהְיוֺתְךָ לִי
׳
עֶבֶד לְהָקִים וגו
too light for thy being my servant was it to raise up, etc., Ezek 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 1Kgs 16:31).
7.
מן is prefixed to an infinitive:
a. with a causal force (rare), from, on account
of,
through
(compare 2.f.):
Deut
7:7; Deut 7:8
אֶתְכֶם
׳
מֵאַהֲבַת י
through J.'s loving you = because J. loved
you,
Deut
9:28 (compare
Deut 1:27
בְּ)
2Sam 3:11
מִיִּרְאָתוֺ אֹתוֺ = because he feared him, Isa 48:4
מִדַּעְתִּי ֗֗֗ = because I knew. . . So in מִבְּלִי
֗֗֗
, מִבִּלְתִּי.
b. after verbs implying
restraint,
prevention, cessation, etc., as מִלֶּדֶת עֲצָרַנִי
Gen 16:2
hath restrained me from bearing, וַתַּעֲמֹד מִלֶּדֶת
Gen 29:35
; Gen
30:9
: so with חשׂך
Gen 20:6
+,
חדל +
Exod 23:5 +, כִּלָּה + Exod 34:33 +,
נִכְלָא
Exod 36:6
,
מָנַע
1Sam
25:26
+, שׁבת
Jer
31:36
+, יָרֵא מֵהַבִּיט
Exod 3:6 +,
שִׁמְרוּ מִןהַֿחֵרֶם
Josh 6:18
;
2Chr
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:
Gen 23:6
b
Gen 27:1
Jacob's eyes were dim, ֵמרְאֹת
away from seeing = so that he could not see, Gen 31:29
נִשְׁמַר מִן (|| Gen 31:24
פֶּן),
Exod 14:5;
Lev 26:13;
Num
32:7;
Deut
28:55 (his eye shall be envious
etc.)
מִתֵּת
from giving = so that he will not give, Judg 6:27
; Judg
1:31;
Judg 7:8 do
not
be silent from us מִזְּעֹק
so as not to call (compare 1Kgs 22:3), 1Sam 8:7 me have they rejected
מִמְּלֹךְ
עליהם,
1Sam
16:1 (Hos 4:6
), 2Sam
14:11
(read מֵהַרְבּוֺת),
Isa 5:6;
Isa 8:11
;
Isa 21:3
;
Isa 23:1
is destroyed מִבּוֺא
so that none can enter in, Isa 24:10; Isa 33:15; Isa 44:18; Isa 49:15
; Isa
54:9
; Isa
56:6
;
Isa
58:13; Jer
10:14
נִבְעַר ֗֗֗ מִדַּעַת is stupefied so that he has no knowledge,
Jer
13:14
;
Jer
33:21; Jer
33:24; Jer
33:26;
Ezek 20:17;
Mic
3:6;
Zech 7:11
;
Zech 7:12;
Ps
30:4
Qr
, Ps
39:2;
Ps
69:24;
Ps
102:5 (after שָׁכַח,
peculiarly),
Ps
106:23
; Lam
3:44
; Lam
4:18
;
Job
34:30a
2Chr 36:13. So in חָלִילָהלִֿי מֵעֲשׂוֺת
that I should not do Gen 44:17 +. (b) still more concisely,
especially in poetry, with a noun alone: 1Sam 15:23 has rejected thee מִמֶּלֶךְ
from (being) king (1Sam 15:26
מֶלֶךְ מִהְיוֺת), Lev 26:43
מֵהֶם,
Isa
7:8
יֵחַת מֵעָם shall be shattered from (being) a people,
that it be no more a people, Isa 17:1
מוּסָר מֵעִיר, Isa 25:2b; Isa 52:14
מֵאִישׁ מַרְאֵהוּ כֵּן מִשְׁחַת marred away from (being) a
man('s),
Jer 2:25
מִיָּחֵף, Jer 17:16
מֵרֹעֶה, Jer 48:2
וְנַכְרִיתֶנָּה מִגּוֺי, Jer 48:42
מֵעָם,
Ps
8:6 hast made him lack but little מאלהים
ut non esset Deus, Ps 83:5
מִגּוֺי, Prov 30:2
אָנֹכִי מֵאִישׁ בַּעַר
too boorish to be a man: compare Dan 4:13; 1Kgs
15:13
וַיְסִרֶהָ מִגְּבִירָה removed her from (being) queen-mother,
Ezek
16:41
וִהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ מִזּוֺנָה; and even to express absolutely the non-existence of a thing
not
named in the principal clause, as Isa 23:1
שֻׁדַּד מִבַּיִת כִּי
so that there is no house, Ezek 12:19 (Ezek 32:15), Ezek 25:9
מֵהֶעָרִים, Hos 9:11 (3 t. in verse); Hos 9:12; Mic 3:6; Hag 1:10
מִטָּ֑ל, Zech 7:14; Zech 9:8; Ps 39:3; Ps 49:15
מִזְּבֻללֿוֺ
so that it has no dwelling, Ps 52:7
יִסָּֽחֲךָ מֵאֹהֶל pluck thee up tentless, Ps 109:24 is
lean
מִשָּׁ֑מֶן
so that there is no fatness, Job 28:11; Job 33:21; Job 34:30b. Oft.
strengthened
by pleonastic אֵין or בְּלִי, as מֵאֵין יוֺשֵׁב
Isa 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:
Num 24:23
מִשֻּׂמוֺ אֵל
after God's establishing him, Isa 44:7
מִשֻּׂמִי עַם עֿוֺלָם
since I appointed the ancient people, Hos 7:4; Hag 2:16 (?) Ruth 2:18
; Neh
5:14; 1Chr
8:8
מִןשִֿׁלְחוֺ אוֺתָם (compare 1Chr 6:16) 2Chr 31:10; Dan 11:23; Dan 12:1
(compare Dan
9:25
),
Ps 73:20
כַּחֲלוֺם מֵהָקִיץ
after (one's) awaking, Job 20:4.
8. Once Deut 33:11 as a conjunction before a finite verb.
Smite . . .
his haters
מִןיְֿקוּמוּן
that they rise not again, in poetry for מִקּוּם (7
.b.): 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;
Eccl
4:17
מִלַּעֲשׂוֺת (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
5.a.), מִלְמַ֫עְלָה, מִלְמַ֫טָּה,
מִלְּעֻמַּת
, מִלְּפָנִים, מִלִּפְנֵי, and, si vera lectio,
מִלְמַעֲלֵה הֶחָ֑רֶס
Judg
8:13
,
see
מַעֲלֶה
), מִנֶּגֶד, מֵעַל, מֵעִם,
מִתַּ֫חַת
; see אַחֲרֵי, אֵת, etc.
b.
לְמִן (לְמִנִּי
Mic
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.); — (1) of space, Deut 4:32; Judg 20:1
לְמִדַּן וְעַדבְּֿאֵר שֶׁבַע, Mic 7:12.Mic 7:12 (both לְמִנִּי
), Zech
14:10
; 1Chr
5:9
לְמֵרָחוֺק
from afar Job 36:3; Job 39:29 (on Ezra 3:13; 2Chr 26:15, see below
עַד לְ
); לְמִתַּחַת לְ
= underneath
1Kgs 7:32
.
Idiomatic, especially followed by וְעַד, to denote comprehensively an entire class,
לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד בְּהֵמָה
Exod 11:7
;
Jer
51:62
(
לְמֵאָדָם), לְמֵאִישׁ וְעַד אִשָּׁה
2Sam 6:19
; 2Chr
15:13,
לְמִקָּטֹן וְעַד גָּדוֺל
2Kgs 23:2
; Jer 42:8
, simil.
2Chr
15:13
;
Jer
31:34
;
Esth 1:5;
Esth 1:20
,
לְמֵרָע וְעַדטֿוֺב
2Sam
13:22
,
וּלְמָ֑טָּה לְמִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה
1Chr
27:23
,
compare
2Chr
25:5
. — On לְמִבֵּית
Num 18:7
.
(2) of
time (often following by עַד), לְמִן הַיּוֺם אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗
from the day when . . ., Deut 4:32; Deut 9:7; 2Sam 7:11 (|| 1Chr
17:10
וּלְמִיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר) Jer 7:25; Jer 32:31; Hag 2:18
לְמִקְצָת הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗
Dan 1:18
לְמִן הַיּוֺם followed by infinitive (in apposition) Exod 9:18; 2Sam
19:25
לְמִיּוֺם followed by infinitive (genitive) Judg 19:30; 2Sam 7:6; Isa 7:17
לְמִימֵי ֗֗֗
2Kgs
19:25
(|| Isa
37:26
מימי)
Mal
3:7
עולם ועד עולם למןֿ
Jer 7:7;
Jer 25:5
לְמֵרָחוֺק
from afar = long before, 2Sam 7:19 = 1Chr 17:17; 2Kgs 19:25 = Isa 37:26
.
מְנָאוֺת see מְנָת below מנה. below
[מַנְגִּינָה] see נגן .