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or minni or minne מִןֿ‎ and מִּ ‎, before יְ‎ (except Daniel 12:2; 2 Chronicles 20:11) contracted to מִי‎ (as מִידֵי‎ from מִיְּדֵי‎), before guttural and ר‎, mostly מֵ‎, occasionally מִ‎ (Ges^{§ 102}, l R.; more fully Kö^{ii. 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; 44:19; 68:32; 74:22; 78:2; 78:42; 88:10 19t. Job, and in לְמִנִּי‎ Micah 7:12 (twice in verse) and מִנֵּיֿ‎ (on analogue of עֲלֵי עֲדֵי,‎) 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 (DHM^{ZMG xxix.606 ff.}; xxxvii.375)); with suff, מִמֶּנִּי‎ (the מִן‎ reduplicated, Ol^{§ 223c}, and others, Kö^{ii. 289 f.}), in poetry מִנִּי‎ 22:4; 30:1; 38:12; Job 16:6, מֶ֫נִּי‎ Psalm 18:23; 65:4; 139:19; Job 21:16; 22:18; 30:10; מִמֵּךְ מִמֶּ֑ךָּ, מִמְּךָ,‎; מִמֶּ֫נּוּ‎ ( 4:12 מֶ֫נְהוּ‎), מִמֶּ֫נָּה‎; 1 plural מִמֶּ֫נּוּ‎ (according to Orientals מִמֵּ֫נֿוּ‎: see Baer^{Job. p. 57} Kö²⁹⁰); מִכֶּם‎; מֵהֶם‎ (מִנְּהֶם‎ 11:20), מֵהֵ֫מָּה‎ Jeremiah 10:2; Ecclesiastes 12:12; מֵהֵ֫נָּה‎7t. (see הֵ֫מָּה‎ 8c), מֵהֶן‎ (editions מֵהֵן‎) Ezekiel 16:47, 52 (see Zerweck^{Heb, 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 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 ברח שׁב, הלך, בא,‎ (followed by a person, usually מפני‎), of calling, as Isaiah 24:14 מִיָּם צָֽהֲלוּ‎, 42:10-11, Psalm 148:1 of asking or exacting as נָקַם דרשׁ, בקשׁ, שׁאל,‎,הִנָּקֵם‎, of delivering, as הציל הושׁיע,‎, etc., of hiding as העלים נעלם,‎, etc., of taking or withholding, as מנע חשׂך, לקח,‎, of keeping (from), as שׁמר נצר,‎, of being far, or desisting, as רחק‎ Exodus 23:7, מִמֶּנּוּ חֲדַל‎ desist from us,14:2, so הֶרֶף‎ Deuteronomy 9:14,הֵנִיחַ‎ 12:10, השׁקיט‎ > Psalm 94:13, שׁבת‎ Genesis 2:2, compare 5:29; note especially the pregnant constructions, שׁפט‎ to judge (and save) from Psalm 43:1, followed by מִיַּד‎ 1 Samuel 24:16 +, ענה‎ to answer (and save) from Psalm 22:22, חרשׁ‎ and חשׁה‎ to be silent (turning) from 28:1 (twice in verse), ממני החרישׁו‎ Job 13:13; Jeremiah 38:27; Psalm 18:22 מאלהי רשׁעתי ולא‎ not did wickedly (turning) from my God, 30:4 Kt., 73:27, ממך כלזֿוֺנֶה‎, Jeremiah 3:20 מִן בָּגַד‎ (ᵐ5‎ εἰς = ב‎), 31:13 with שִׂמַּח‎ (2 Chronicles 20:27), Ezekiel 27:34; Proverbs 25:17; רֵעֶ֫ךָ מִבֵּית רַגְלְךָ הֹקַר‎, Isaiah 29:4; 63:17; Joel 1:12; Jeremiah 51:5 מֵאֱלֹהָיו אַלְמָן‎ widowed (and severed) from etc., Ezekiel 44:22; also Judges 7:17 תַּעֲשׂוּ וְכֵן תִרְאוּ מִמֶּנִּי‎ 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 מֵעַל מֵעִם, מֵאֵת,‎, q. v.: and others, especially מִּלֵּט מּדה, הצּיל, הושׁיע, דרשׁ, לקח,‎, idiomatic with מִיַּד‎. With infinitives, see below 7b. often also with adverbs, as מִשָּׁם‎ thence, מֵאַיִן‎ whence ? מִמֹּה מִוֶּה,‎ hence. compare also מִן חָפְשִׁי‎ free (safe) from Job 3:19, מִצָּרָיו עֵזֶר‎ a help from his foes Deuteronomy 33:7; Nahum 3:11 מֵאוֺיֵב מָעוֺז‎, Psalm 32:7 מִצַּר סֵתֶר‎, Psalm 60:13 מִצָּ֑ר עֶזְרָת‎, Isaiah 4:6 מֵחֹרֶב צֵל‎ a shadow from, the heat, 25:4. Here also belong 40:15 מִדְּלִי מַר‎ a drop from (hanging from) a bucket; Song of Solomon 4:1 goats גלעד מהר שֶׁגָָּֽלְשׁוּ‎ that sit up (seeming to hang) from the hills of Gilead (compare Od. 21. 420 ἐκ διφροιο καθήμενος: also the Arabic idiom , literally to be near from a thing): probably also the difficult passage Daniel 8:9, and from one of them there came forth אַחַת קֶרֶן מִצְּעִירָה‎ a horn from (being) a little one, i.e. gradually increasing from small beginnings (but ? read צְעִירָה אַחֶרֶת‎ Bev compare 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): Proverbs 20:3 מֵרִיב שֶׁכֶת‎ to sit away from strife (compare ap. De), Numbers 15:24 if the thing be done הָעֵדָה מֵעֵינֵי‎ away from the eyes of etc., Judges 5:11 De RV (but Be RVm because of), Isaiah 14:19 cast out מִקִּבְרְךָ‎ away from thy sepulchre, Job 28:4 מֵאֱנוֺשׁ דַּלּוּ‎, Genesis 4:11 cursed art thou מןֿ האדמה‎, De Di away from the (tilled) soil, compare 4:14 (but Kn Ke from, compare 4:12 a), 27:39 (probably) מִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ‎ 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, 19:26 (probably) מִבְּשָׂרִי‎ without my flesh shall I see God, 21:9 מִמַּחַד שָׁלוֺם בָּֽתֵּיהֶם‎ are at peace without fear, Proverbs 1:33; Jeremiah 48:45 fleeing מִכֹּחַ עָֽמְדוּ‎ they stand without strength, Isaiah 22:3 אֻסָּ֫רוּ מִקֶּשֶׁת‎ (Hi De Di Che) they were bound without the bow (being used) (but Ges as

2e: by the bowmen), Zephaniah 3:18. (On 2 Samuel 13:16 see We or Dr). See also

7b. 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.): Genesis 2:8 ׳י‎ planted a garden in Eden מִקֶּדֶם‎ off, on the east, 12:8 וְהָעַי מִיָּם בֵּיתְאֵל מִקֶּדֶם‎ Bethel off (on) the West and `Ai off (on) the East; so מִנֶּגֶכ מִצָּפוֺן, מִמִּוְרָח,‎ Joshua 11:3; 15:8; 18:5; 1 Samuel 14:5, etc.: similarly מִיָּמִין‎ on the right, מִשְּׂמאֹול‎ on the left, מִמּוּל‎ and (more rarely) מִמָּנִים‎ on the front, מֵאָחוֺר‎ = behind (2 Samuel 10:9), מִסָּבִיב‎ Deuteronomy 12:10 + round about, מִלְמַעְלָה מִמַּעַל,‎, and מֵעָ֑ל‎ (rare) = above, מִתַּחַת‎ Exodus 20:4 + beneath, מִבַּיִת‎ on the inside, מִחוּץ‎ on the outside Genesis 6:14 +, מִנֶּגֶד‎ in front, at a distance, 21:16 +, מֵרָחוֺק‎ Exodus 2:4 + afar off, מִמְּנִ֫ימָה‎ within, מִזֶּהמִ֗֗֗וֶּה‎ and ֗֗֗ מִמֹּה מִמֹּה‎ on this side . . . on that side. And so even with verbs of motion, as Genesis 11:2 בנסעם ויהי מִקֶּדֶם‎ as they journeyed — not from, but — on, the side of the east, virtually = eastwards, 13:11 and Lot journeyed מקדם‎ east, Isaiah 17:13; 22:3 מֵרָחוֺק ברחו‎ they fled — not from afar but — afar, 23:7 whose feet used to carry her מֵרָחוֺק‎ afar off to sojourn, 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 Joshua 8:13 מִיָּם לָעִיר‎ on the west of the city, לְ מִקֶּדֶם‎ Genesis 3:24, לְ מִצְּפוֺן‎ (construct Ges^{§ 130 a, n}.) Joshua 8:11, 13; 24:30, מִימִינֶ֑ךָ‎ Psalm 91:7, לְ מִתַּחַת‎ Genesis 1:7, לְ מִמַּעַל‎ 22:9, לְ מִבֵּית‎ Leviticus 16:2: מֵאַחֲרֵי‎ behind Exodus 14:19 בֵּיתְאֵל מִצַּד‎ beside Bethel Joshua 12:9, מִצִּדּוֺ‎ beside it 1 Samuel 6:8, לַיַּרְדֵּן מֵעֵבֶר‎ on the other side of Jordan Numbers 21:1 +; לְ מֵהָֽלְאָה‎ beyond Amos 5:27; tablets written עֶבְרֵיהֶם מִשְּׁנֵי‎ on both their sides, מִכָּלעֲֿבָרָיו‎ Jeremiah 49:32 + (see further the words cited). So מֵהַבַּיִת‎ on the side of the house Ezekiel 40:7-8, 9, מֵאֵצֶל‎ beside 40:7; 1 Samuel 20:21 the arrows are וָהֵנָּה מִמְּךָ‎ from thee and hither = on this side of thee, 20:22 וָהָֽלְהָא מִמְּךָ‎, compare Numbers 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 יָצָא הוֺצִיא,‎ (see יָצָא‎), שִׁלַּח‎ Genesis 3:23, לָקַח‎ 34:26, גָנַב‎ 40:15, הִכְרִית‎ Exodus 8:5; Psalm 101:8, גֵּרֵשׁ‎ Judges 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 מִכּוֺס‎ 2 Samuel 12:3; Deuteronomy 30:3 מִןהָֿעַמִּים וְקִבֶּצְךָ‎, Ezekiel 11:17; 36:24 +: pregnantly with חָרֵד‎ Hosea 10:10-11, רגז‎ Micah 7:17 to tremble (and come) out of, חרג‎ Psalm 18:46 ("" 2 Samuel 22:46 חגר‎), 2Sam 74:11; Isaiah 38:17 חָשַׁק‎ (ni חָשַׂךְ‎ leg.), Ezekiel 28:16 חִלֵּל‎, Ezra 2:62; compare מִמֶּה נִשְׁכַּח‎ Deuteronomy 31:21, מִלֵּב‎ Psalm 31:13. In this application, often made more definite by the use of ֗֗֗ מִקֶּרֶב , ֗֗֗ מִתּוֺךְ‎ 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 4:35 אתֿ השׁמיעך מןהֿשׁמים קלו‎, Amos 1:2 ׳י ישׁאג מציון‎, Psalm 14:2; 20:3 send thee help מִקֹּדֶשׁ‎, 14:7 קָדְשׁוֺ מִשְּׁמֵי יַעֲנֵהוּ‎, 42:7; Psalm 68:36; 85:12; 109:10 מחרבזתיהם ודרשׁו‎ seek (their bread) out of their desolate homes (but Ew De as

1b far from; ᵐ5‎ Gr Che יְגָֹֽרְשׁוּ‎ let them be driven from), Psalm 128:5; 130:1; Job 27:23; Isaiah 29:18 to see out of darkness, Song of Solomon 2:9 to look out מִןהַֿחַלֹּנוֺת‎ from the windows (usually בעד‎), 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, Exodus 18:25 +?הִבְדִּיל‎ Deuteronomy 29:20; 1 Kings 8:53,with יָדַע‎ Amos 3:2; Exodus 19:5 ye shall be to me מכלהֿעמים סְגֻלָּה‎ a treasure (chosen) out of all peoples (compare with בָּחַר‎ Deuteronomy 7:6; 14:2).

b. of the material out of which anything is formed, or from which it is derived: (a) Genesis 2:19 to form מןהֿאדמה‎ out of the soil, 2:23 וּבָשָׂר מֵעֲצָמַי עֶצֶם מִבְּשָׂרִי‎, Exodus 39:1; Numbers 6:4; Hosea 13:2 to make images מִכַּסְמָּם‎, Psalm 16:4 מִדָּם נִסְכֵּיהֶם‎, 45:14; Song of Solomon 3:9; Isaiah 40:17 נחשׁבולֿו ותהו מאפס‎ as made of nought and unreality are they reckoned by him ("" נֶגְדּוֺ כְּאַיִן‎), 41:24 מֵאַיִן אַתֶּם הֵן‎ ("" מֵאָ֑פַע‎, read מֵאָ֑פֶם‎), Psalm 62:10 מֵהֶבֶל‎ (al. 6c), Proverbs 13:11; Exodus 25:19, 31 its cups, its knops, etc., יהיו ממנה‎ shall be from it (i.e. of one piece with it), so 25:35; 25:36; 27:2; 30:2 al.; (b) with verbs of eating, filling, etc., as שׁתה‎ Genesis 9:21; Job 21:20 יִשְׁתֶּה שַׁדַּי מֵחֲמַת‎, Song of Solomon 8:2 רָוָה הִשְׁקָה,‎ Psalm 36:9 +, רִוָּה‎ Isaiah 34:7, שׂבע‎ Proverbs 18:20 +, השׂביע‎ Psalm 81:17 +, מִלֵּא‎ (rare) Psalm 127:5: compare Deuteronomy 32:42 מִדָּם חִצַּי אַשְׁכִּיר‎, Isaiah 51:21; Psalm 28:7 (peculiar) אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ וּמִשִּׁירִי‎ out of song I will thank him (69:31 ׳ב‎), also (unusual) Isaiah 2:3 מִדְּרָכָיו וְיוֺרֵנוּ‎ i.e. out of (the treasure of) his ways (al. particle = some of), Psalm 94:12b תְלַמְּדֶנּוּ מִתּוֺרָֽתְךָ‎; Ecclesiastes 7:10 to speak מֵחָכְמָה‎ (compare Rabb מִתּוֺךְ‎).

c. of the source or origin: namely (a) of parents, Genesis 16:2 ממנה אִבָּנֶה‎ I shall be built up out of her (so 30:3), 17:16 יהיו ממנה עמים מלכי‎, 35:11a: often of coming forth מִבֶּטֶן‎ Job 1:21, מֵחֲלָצֶיךָ‎ Genesis 35:11b, ממעיך‎ 15:4, Isaiah 2:20 ׳י‎ give thee seed from this woman; compare Job 16:4 מִטָּמֵא טָהוֺר יִתֵּן מִי‎ (b) of the tribe or people, from which a person comes (compare 1a), Numbers 3:12 ישׂר מכני ֗֗֗ בכור ׳כל‎, Joshua 12:4; 2 Samuel 4:2; 21:2; Jeremiah 1:1 +; and so of a person's native place, as Judges 12:8 לחם מבית אבצן‎ Ibzan from Biblical, 13:2 מִצָּרְעָה אִישׁ‎ 17:1, 7; 1 Samuel 1:1; 9:1; 2 Samuel 23:20, 30; Amos 1:1 +, compare Jeremiah 46:25 מִנּאֹ אָמוֺן‎; Isaiah 48:1 יָצָֽאוּ יְהוּדָה וּמִמֵּי‎, 48:2 נִקְראוּ הַקֹּדֶשׁ מֵעִיר‎, 58:12 מִמֵךְ וּבָנוּ‎ (those) from thee shall build, Psalm 68:27 ישׂראל מִמְּקוֺר‎ ye (sprung) from the fountain of Israel, Micah 5:1; Nahum 1:11 1:14 figurative מִשִּׁמְךָ‎), Zephaniah 3:18; Jeremiah 30:21; Zechariah 10:4. (c) of beasts and things, Genesis 2:7 מִןהָֿאֲדָמָה עָפָר‎, Jeremiah 5:6 מִיַּעַר אַרְיֵה‎ a lion from the woods, Psalm 80:14 מִיַּעַרִ חֲזִיר‎; compare 10:18 מִןהָֿאָרֶץ אֶנוֺשׁ‎ man from the earth (terrenus), 72:16 מֵעִיר יָצִיצוּ‎; Job 28:12 תִּמָּצֵא מֵאַיַן וְהַחָכְמָה‎. (d) מִלֵּב‎ Isaiah 59:13; Job 8:10, especially with reference to what is self-devised, Numbers 16:28 מִלִּבִּי לֹא כִּי‎, 24:13; 1 Kings 12:33; Nehemiah 6:8; מִלִּבָּם נְבִיאֵי‎ Ezekiel 13:2.

d. of the source or author of an action, counsel, or event: 1 Samuel 24:14 רֶשַׁע יֵצֵא מֵרְשָׁעִים‎, 2 Samuel 3:37 לא מהמלך היתה‎ it was not from the king to, etc.; specifically of ׳י‎, Genesis 24:50 מי ׳כי הדבר יצא‎, Judges 14:4 knew מי ׳כי הוא‎ that it was from J., 1 Kings 2:15 מי כי לו ׳היתה‎, Proverbs 16:1; 20:24 ׳מי גֶבֶר מִצְעֲדֵי‎, Psalm 37:39; 62:2 יְשׁוּעָתִי מִמֶּנּוּ‎, Hosea 8:4 they have made kings, וְלֹא מִמֶּנִּי‎ not from me, i.e. not at my prompting, Isaiah 30:1; 50:11 (מִיָּדִי‎) Ezekiel 3:17 end = 33:7 and warn them from me, 1 Chronicles 5:22; 13:2; 2 Chronicles 22:7; 25:20 (synonym מֵעִם מֵאֵת,‎, which are more frequent in this sense); in poetry Hosea 7:5 מִיַּיִן חֲמַת‎ heat from wine, Psalm 9:14 עָנְיִי מִשּׂנְאַי‎ at the hands of my haters, 74:22; Job 4:13 לַיְלָה מֵחֶזְיֹנוֺת שְׂעִמִּים‎ thoughts (arising) out of, etc., 6:25 מִכֶּם הוֺכֵחַ‎ reproof proceeding from you, 20:29 (twice in verse), Psalm 78:2 מִקֶּדֶם חִידוֺת‎ indirect lessons (springing) out of antiquity; Daniel 11:31 מִמֶּנּוּ זְרֹעִים‎ (Kö^{iii. 241}). As marking the author of a judgment or estimate (rare), Numbers 32:22 מי ׳נְקִיִּם וּמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל‎ guiltless at the hands of (= in the judgment of) J. and Israel (compare מֵעִם‎ 2 Samuel 3:28; Job 34:33), 4:17 shall man be just מֵאֱלֹהַּ‎ at God's hands ? ("" מֵעשֵֹׁהוּ‎), Jeremiah 51:5b (Ges Gf.); so in מי לִי ׳חָלִילָה‎.

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 Genesis 19:36 + מן הָֽרְתָה‎ to be pregnant by, 49:25; 1 Samuel 31:3 מֵהַמּוֺרִים וַיָּחֶל‎ was in anguish from the archers, Hosea 7:4 מֵאֹפֶה בֹּעֵ֫רָה‎ (ni הֵם בֹּעֵר‎ leg.: see We), Psalm 18:9; Nahum 1:5 ממנו רעשׁו הרים‎, Daniel 11:31 (accents); with passive verb, Nahum 1:6 ממנו נִתְּצוּ הצורים‎, 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 יעקב אביר מידי‎ from the hands, etc., Isaiah 6:4 the thresholds shook הַקּוֺרֵא מִקּוֺל‎ (so מקול‎ elsewhere, as 30:31; 33:3; Jeremiah 8:16), 28:7 מִןהַֿשֵּׁכָר תָעוּ‎ ("" ב‎), 31:4, 9; 10:10; Ezekiel 19:10 became fruitful רַבִּים מִמַּיִם‎, 31:5; Job 4:9 יאֹבֵדוּ אֱלוֺהַּ מִנִּשְׁמַת‎ at the breath of God, 14:9 יַפְרִחַ מַיִם מֵרֵיחַ‎, 31:23; 39:26 יַאֲבֶרנֵֿץ הֲמִבִּינָָֽתְךָ‎ Psalm 39:11; 73:19 מִןבַּֿלָּהוֺת תַּמּוּ סָפוּ‎, 78:65 מִיַּיִן מִתְרוֺנֵן‎, 104:15 משׁמן פנים להצהיל‎ from oil, 107:39, compare Job 7:14 ("" ב‎); so with י ׳מִגַּעֲרַת‎ at J.'s rebuke, 18:16; Job 76:7 +; with a passive verb, Genesis 9:11 to be cut off הַמַּבּוּל מִמֵּי‎, 2 Samuel 7:29 יְבֹרַח וּמִכִּכָֽתְךָ‎, Isaiah 28:7 מןהֿיין נבלעו‎ are undone through wine (22:3 is dubious: see 1b), Obadiah 9; Job 28:4 רָ֑גֶל מִנִּי הַנִּשְׁכָּחִים‎; compare Isaiah 34:3; Hosea 6:8. (c) with verbs of fearing, to express the source of the emotion, as ירא‎ Psalm 3:7 + often (also with מִמְּנֵי‎), מָּחַד‎ 27:1, נִבְהַל‎ Ezekiel 26:18, גּוּר‎ Deuteronomy 18:22; Job 41:17; Esther 5:9 ממנו זָע ולא ולאקֿם‎; with בּוֺשׁ‎ to be disconcerted or disappointed, to express the source of the disappointment, Isaiah 1:29 + often; with שָׂמֵחַ‎ Proverbs 5:18; Ecclesiastes 2:10. feminine 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): Exodus 2:23 they sighed מןהֿעבדה‎ on account of the bondage, 6:9; 15:23; Deuteronomy 7:7 not מֵרֻבְּכֶם‎ through, by reason of, your numbers did J. set his love upon you, Joshua 22:24 to do a thing מִדְּאָנָה‎ out of carefulness, 2 Samuel 23:4 מִנֹּגַהּ‎, 1 Kings 14:4; Isaiah 53:5 wounded מִמְּשָׁעֵינוּ‎ on account of our transgressions, bruised מֵעֲוֺנוֺתֵינוּ‎, 53:8; Job 4:19; Obadiah 10; Habakkuk 2:17; Psalm 6:8 מִכַּעַס עיני עשׁשׁה‎ from vexation (compare Job 17:7: Psalm 31:10 ׳ב‎), 31:12; 38:19 I am concerned on account of my sin, Proverbs 20:4 יחרשׁ לא עצל מֵחֹרֶף‎ by reason of the winter, Job 22:4 יֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ הֲמִיִּרְאָ֑תְךָ‎ on account of thy fear of him? Song of Solomon 3:8; Ruth 1:13 מִכֶּם מְאֹד כִּימַֿרלִֿי‎ because of you: see also Deuteronomy 28:34, 67; 32:19; Judges 2:18; Isaiah 65:14; Jeremiah 12:4; 24:2 מֵרֹעַ‎, 50:13; 51:5 b (Ew Ke), Ezekiel 7:27 (but read probably with ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5‎ Co כְּדרכם‎), 16:61; 35:11 (AV out of), 45:20; Micah 2:12; 7:13; Psalm 5:11; 12:6; 107:17; 119:53; Genesis 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 16:10 מֵרֹב יִסָּפֵר לֹא‎ Joshua 9:13; 1 Samuel 1:16, etc. Similarly in מִבִּלְתִּי מִבְּלִי, מֵאֵין,‎ (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 וגדליו המלך מטעם‎ at, 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.

3 Partitively (a sense connecting with

2a (c), above): —

a. Genesis 6:19 מִכֹּל שְׁנַיִם‎ two out of, from, all, 7:8; 39:11 ֗֗֗ מן אישׁ‎ a man (or one) of . . . (so Numbers 25:6; 1 Samuel 24:28 +, ֗֗֗ מן אנשׁים‎ 16:2; Joshua 2:2 +, 2 Kings 2:7, etc.); Genesis 42:16 send אֶחָד מִכֶּם‎ Leviticus 1:2a 17:12 מִכֶּם כלנֿפשׁ‎, 19:34; 26:8, Judges 8:14 סֻכּוֺת מֵאַנְשֵׁי נַעַר‎, 1 Samuel 22:8, etc.; Judges 14:19; 2 Kings 2:24; Isaiah 66:19; ֗֗֗ מִן אֶחָד‎ 1 Samuel 16:18 +, ֗֗֗ מִן אַחַד‎ (Ges^{§ 130}, 1) Deuteronomy 25:5 +; מֵהֵ֫נָּה אַחַת‎ Psalm 34:21; Isaiah 34:16; ֗֗֗ מִן מִי‎ Job 5:1; Isaiah 50:1, ֗֗֗ מִן אֵין‎ 1 Samuel 14:39; Isaiah 51:18; 21:11 מלילה מהֿ‎ how much of the night? 2 Chronicles 31:3 מִןרְֿכוּשׁוֺ הַמֶּלָח וּמְנָת‎.

b. the number being omitted, מִן‎ is used indefinitely: — (a) = some of, — as subject Exodus 16:27 מןהֿעם יצאו‎ there went out (some) of the people, Leviticus 25:49; 2 Samuel 11:17, 24, especially in late Hebrew Ezra 2:68, 70; 7:7; Nehemiah 11:4, 25; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 9:30, 32; 2 Chronicles 17:11; 32:21; Daniel 11:35; more frequently as object, especially with לקח‎, Genesis 4:3 האדמה מִמְּרִי וַיָּבֵא‎ brought of the fruit of the ground, 30:14 give me בְנֵךְ מִדּוּדָאֵי‎ (some) of thy son's love-apples, 33:15; Exodus 12:7; 17:5; Leviticus 18:30; 20:2; Numbers 11:17; 13:23; 1 Kings 12:4; Isaiah 39:7; 47:13; Amos 2:11; Daniel 8:10 +, Song of Solomon 1:2 מִּיו מִנְּשִׁיקוֺת ישׁקני‎ let him kiss me (with) some of the kisses etc., Psalm 72:15; 137:3 צִיּוֺן מִשִּׁיר‎ (some) of the songs of Zion, Job 11:6 (Ges RVm) + often; in late Hebrew note also ֗֗֗ מִן יֵשׁ‎ 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) 1:2; Nehemiah 7:69. (b) to designate an individual (rare), Genesis 28:11 and he took הַמָּקוֺם מֵאַבְנֵי‎ (one) of the stones of the place (see 28:18), Exodus 6:25 פוטיאל מבּנות‎ (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 וּמִןֿ שָׂרָיו‎ and (one) of his captains, 11:7, compare Jeremiah 41:1; Esther 4:5; 2 Chronicles 26:11; Ruth 2:20 הוא מִגֹּאֲלֵנוּ‎ he is (one) of our kinsmen, Exodus 2:6. (c) in a negative or hypothetical sentence (whether subject or object) = any, aught, Deuteronomy 16:4 מןהֿבשׂר ילין ולא‎ and there shall not remain any of the flesh, 1 Kings 18:5 מןהֿבהמה נכרית ולא‎ and we shall not destroy any of the beasts, 2 Kings 10:10 (compare Joshua 21:43; 23:14; 1 Samuel 3:19; 1 Kings 8:56; Esther 6:10), Esther 6:23 י מֵעַבְדֵי ׳מֶּןיֶֿשׁמֹּֿה‎ Job 27:6 מִיָּמָ֑י לְבָבִי יֶחֱרַף לֹא‎ my heart reproacheth not one of my days: with אִם‎, etc. Exodus 29:34; Leviticus 4:2a (compare 4:22; 4:27), 11:32 (מהם‎), 11:33; 11:35; 11:37-39; 18:29; 25:25; Numbers 5:6; מִכֹּל‎ anything 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, אַחֶיךָ מֵאַחַר‎ any one of thy brethren, Leviticus 4:2b if he doeth מֵהֵ֫נָּה מֵאַחַת‎ any one of these things, 5:13; Ezekiel 18:10 אָח וְעָשָׂה מֵאֵלֶּה מֵאַחַד‎ (where אח‎ is a vox nihili) and doeth aught of these things; 1 Samuel 14:45 if there shall fall אַרְצָה ראֹשׁוֺ מִשַּׂעֲרַת‎ a 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. 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 W^{AG. ii. § 48 f.} b), (e) (rare) specifying the objects, or elements, of which a Genus consists (the Arabic , min of explication, W^{AG. ii. § 48 g}): Genesis 6:2 מכל בחרו אשׁר‎ consisting of all whom they chose, 7:22; 9:10; Leviticus 11:32 (מכל‎), 1 Chronicles 5:18; Jeremiah 40:7 (מאשׁר‎); 44:28 and they shall know וּמֵהֶם מִמֶּנִּי יָקוּם דְּבַרמִֿי‎ whose word shall stand, consisting of me and of them (defining the Genus embraced by ׃מי‎ compare both (of them), Abel as well as Cain, and Qor 3:193: W^l.c.). — On מֵאַיִן‎ 10:6-7, 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 Deuteronomy 9:24 אֶתְכֶם דַּעְתִּי מִיּוֺם‎ from the day of my (first) knowing you (so 1 Samuel 7:2; 8:8 + ); 18:9 וָהָֽלְאָה ההוא מהיום‎ from that day and onwards, simil. Leviticus 22:27; Numbers 15:23; Ezekiel 39:22; Isaiah 18:2, 7 (where מִןהֿוּא‎ = הוּא מֵאֲשֶׁר‎; compare Nahum 2:9 הִיא מִימֵי‎ = הִיא אֲשֶׁר מִימֵי‎); וָמָֽעְלָה ההוא מהיום‎ 1 Samuel 16:13; 30:25 (Haggai 2:15, 18 apparently of time backwards); מֵאָז‎ from the time of . . . .; מִןהַֿבֶּטֶן‎ from the womb Judges 13:5, 7, אִמִּי מִבֶּטֶן‎ 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; מִקֶּדֶם‎ from antiquity Habakkuk 1:12; Psalm 74:12; Isaiah 42:14 מֵעוֺלָם הֶחֱשֵׁיתִי‎ I have been silent since old time; מֵעַתָּה‎ from now, hence-forth Jeremiah 3:4 +, מִיּוֺם‎ from to-day 43:13; Ezekiel 48:35, הזה מןהֿיום‎ Haggai 2:19. See also 5c, 7 c. compare Exodus 33:6 חוֺרֵב מֵהַר‎ from Horeb, Hosea 13:4 I am ׳י‎ thy God מִצְרַיִם מֵאֶרֶץ‎.

b. as marking the period immediately succeeding the limit, after: Genesis 38:24 חֳדָשִׁים כְּמִשְׁלשׁ‎ after about three months it was told Judah, רַבִּים מִיָּמִים‎ Joshua 23:1; Ezekiel 38:8, מִיָּמִים‎ after (some) days, Judges 11:4; 14:8; 15:1, מִיֹּמַיִם‎ after two days Hosea 6:2; יָמִים מֵרֹב‎ Isaiah 24:22: more frequently with קֵץ‎ or קָצֶה‎, Genesis 4:3 יָמִים מִקֵּץ‎, 8:3; Joshua 3:2 + often; Deuteronomy 14:28 שָׁנִים שָׁלשׁ מִקְצֵה‎, 15:1 שֶׁבַע מִקְצֵה שָׁנִים‎ (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, Genesis 19:34 + often; מֵהַבֹּקֶר‎ 2 Samuel 2:27. — 23:4 מִמָּטָר‎; Isaiah 53:11 נַפְשׁוֺ מֵעֲמַל‎; perhaps 29:18 (Kö⁵⁸¹). compare 2 Samuel 20:5 and he delayed מןהֿמועד‎ beyond the appointed time.

c. in such phrases, however, מִן‎ sometimes (compare 1c) loses its significance: thus מֵאָז‎ 2 Samuel 15:34; Isaiah 16:13 not from former time, but in former time, formerly, Genesis 6:4 מֵעוֺלָם אֲשֶׁר הַגִּבּוֺרִים‎ which were of old, Joshua 24:2 dwelt of old, Psalm 77:6 days מִקֶּדֶם‎ aforetime, מֵאַחֲרֵי‎ Deuteronomy 29:21 (p. 30). — מִקָּרוֺב‎ literally from near, i.e. recently 32:17, of short duration Job 20:5, shortly Ezekiel 7:8; at hand (in a local sense, 1c) Jeremiah 23:23.

5 (וְעַד‎) עַד ֗֗֗ מִן‎ from . . . even, to : very oft .: —

a. in geography or local sense, Genesis 10:19; 15:18 הגדול הנהר עד מצרים מנהר‎, 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 מִלְּבוֺא‎ 1 Kings 8:65 (2 Chronicles 7:8), 2 Kings 14:25; Amos 6:14; Deuteronomy 13:8 הָאָרֶץ קְצֵה וְעַד הָאָרֶץ מִקְצֵה‎, 28:64; Jeremiah 12:12; Genesis 47:21 וְעַדקָֿצֵהוּ גְּבוּלמִֿצְרַיִם מִקְצֵה‎, 1 Kings 6:24; 7:23 וְעַד מִשְּׂפָתוֺ שְׂפָתוֺ‎; Leviticus 13:12 רגליו ועד מראשׁו‎, Deuteronomy 28:35 רגלך מכף קדקדך ועד‎ (similarly 2 Samuel 14:25; Job 2:7; Isaiah 1:6). compare 1 Samuel 9:2 וָמַ֫עְלָה מִשִּׁכְמוֺ‎, 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 19:4 וְעַדזָֿקֵן מִנַּעַר‎ from young to old (i.e. both included) = both young and old, 19:11; 1 Samuel 5:9 + וְעַדגָּֿדוֺל מִקָּטֹן‎ = both great and small, Jeremiah 6:13 וְעַדגְּֿדוֺלָם מִקְּטַנָּם‎ from the least of them even to the greatest of them, ib. מִנָּבִיא וְעַדכֹּֿהֵן‎ from the prophet even to the priest every one dealeth falsely, Exodus 9:25 + בהמה ועד מאדם‎ both man and beast, 11:5 וגו השׁפחה ׳בכור פרעהע֗֗֗ד מבכור‎, 13:15; Numbers 6:4; Deuteronomy 29:10 עציך מחֹטב מימיך שֹׁאב עד‎, Joshua 8:25 + אשׁה ועד מאישׁ‎, 1 Samuel 15:3 (4 pairs), 22:19; 1 Kings 5:13; 2 Kings 17:9 = 18:8, Isaiah 10:18 בשׂר ועד מנפשׁ‎ = both soul and body, Jeremiah 9:9; after a word implying a negative = either . . . or Genesis 14:23; 31:24, 29 רע עד מטוב‎ either good or evil. The עַד‎ may be repeated, if required: 6:7 מאדם השׁמים ועדעֿוף רמשׂ עד עדבֿהמה‎ (so 7:23), Exodus 22:3; Joshua 6:21; Judges 15:5 זָ֑יִת וְעַדכֶּֿרֶם וְעַדקָֿמָה מִגָּדִישׁ‎, 20:48; 1 Samuel 30:19: without מן‎, Leviticus 11:42; Numbers 8:4. Similar is the use of מן‎ in the idiom (וָמָֽטָּה‎) וָמָֽעְלָה מִבֶּןשָׁ֗֗֗נָה‎ (also שָׁנָה ֗֗֗ וְעַדבֶּֿן‎); and compare 2 Kings 3:21

c. of time, Genesis 46:34 עַתָּה וְעַד מִנְּעֻרֵינוּ‎ from our youth even until now, 1 Samuel 12:2; Jeremiah 3:25; Numbers 14:19; Exodus 10:6; 18:13 עדהֿערב מןהֿבֹקר‎, 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 לְ‎ Esther 3:7 (twice in verse)).

d. there occur further (1) אֶלֿ ֗֗֗ מִן‎, Joshua 15:21; Exodus 26:28 = 36:33 אֶלהַֿקָּצֶה מִןהַֿקָּצֶה‎ from end to end, Ezekiel 40:23, 27; Ezra 9:11 מִמֶּהאֶֿלמֶּֿה‎; Psalm 144:13 זַן אֶל מִזַּן‎ from 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 84:8 אֶלחַֿיִל מֵחַיִל יֵָֽלְכוּ‎, Jeremiah 9:2 (compare Romans 1:17): of time, מיוםאֿליֿום‎ Numbers 30:15, compare 1 Chronicles 16:23 ("" Psalm 96:2 לְ‎); implying intervals, אֶלעֵֿת מֵעֵת‎ 1 Chronicles 9:25. (2) לְ ֗֗֗ מִן‎ Exodus 32:27; Ezekiel 40:13; Zechariah 14:10: of time Psalm 96:2; Job 4:20: with intervals, 2 Samuel 14:26. (3) הָ֯ ֗֗֗ מִן‎ Numbers 34:10; Ezekiel 6:14; רִבְלָ֫תָה מִמִּדְבָּר‎ (so Ges Ew Hi etc.) from the wilderness to Riblah, 21:3; 25:13 וּדְדָ֫נֶה מִתֵּימָן‎ (Co Kö Berthol); without ָ֯‎ 1 Kings 5:1. And of time in the phrase (implying intervals) יָמִ֫ימָה מִיָּמִים‎ Exodus 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 14:18 מִדְּבַשׁ מַהמָּֿתוֺק‎ what is sweet away from, beyond in excess of, honey ? i.e. in our idiom, what is sweeter than honey ? Leviticus 21:10 מֵאֶחָיו הַגָּדוֺל הַכֹּהֵן‎ the priest that is great above his brethren, Numbers 14:12; Ezekiel 28:3 מִדָּנִאֵל חָכָם‎ wiser than Daniel, Psalm 119:72 + very often; Hosea 2:9 מֵעָ֑תָּה אָז לִי טוֺב כִּי‎; with an infinitive (sometimes with לְ‎) as subject, Genesis 29:10 וגו אֹתָהּ מִתִּתִּי לְךָ אֹתָהּ תִּתִּי ׳טוֺב‎ better is my giving her to thee than my giving her to another, Exodus 14:12; 1 Samuel 15:22; Proverbs 21:9, 19; 25:7; Psalm 118:8; 118:9 +; with verbs, Genesis 19:9 מֵהֶם לְךָ נָרַע עתה‎ now we will harm thee beyond them, more than them, 25:23 יֶאֱמַץ מִלְאֹם לְאֹם‎, 26:16; 29:30 גםֿ ויאהב מִלֵּאָה אתרֿחל‎, 38:26 מִמֶּנִּי צָֽדְקָה‎, 48:19 מִמֶּנּוּ יִגְדַּל‎, Judges 2:19 מאבותם השׁחיתו‎ they have done corruptly more than their fathers, 1 Samuel 2:29; 2 Samuel 20:6; 1 Kings 1:37; 14:9; Jeremiah 5:3; Ezekiel 5:6 + often; = in, preference to, above, Psalm 45:8; 52:5 (twice in verse); Hosea 6:6; Habakkuk 2:16, after בחר‎ Jeremiah 8:3; Job 7:15; 36:21; Psalm 84:11 (מִדּוּר‎) +: note also מִן נֹפֵל‎ Job 12:3; 13:2 +?to (Ew Ges and others Hi; al. De); מִן שֹׁנֶה‎ different from Esther 1:7; 3:8.

b. when an object is compared with a group or multitude of which it forms one, especially with מִכֹּל‎, Genesis 3:1 עָרוּם הַשָּׂדֶה חַיַּת מִכֹּל‎ subtil out of all beasts of the field, or beyond, above all (other) beasts, 3:14 cursed above all cattle (but without implying any judgment whether other cattle are cursed likewise), 37:3 Israel loved Joseph מִכָּלבָּֿנָיו‎ out of all his sons, or above all his (other) sons, Deuteronomy 7:7; 33:24 אָשֵׁר מִבָּנִים בָּרוּךְ‎ blessed above sons be Asher, Judges 5:24 מִנָּשִׁים תְּבֹרַח‎ blessed above women be Jael, 1 Samuel 9:2b 15:33 אִמֶּ֑ךָ מִנָּשִׁים תִּשְׁכַּל כֵּן‎, 18:30; Jeremiah 17:9 מִכֹּל עָקֹב‎ deceitful above all things, Psalm 45:3; Song of Solomon 5:10 מֵרְבָבָה דָּגוּל‎ (compare מִן בָּחַר‎ above

2a 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, Isaiah 10:10 מירושׁלם ופסיליהם‎ and their idols are (more) than (those of) Jerusalem, Micah 7:4 מִמְּסוּכָה יָשָׁר‎ the uprightest is (sharper) than a thorn-hedge (but We from), Job 11:7; 28:18; Psalm 4:8 מֵעֵת‎ beyond (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 18:14 ׳מי הֲיִמָּלֵא דָּבָר‎ can a thing be too hard for J.? (so Deuteronomy 17:8 +; compare Psalm 131:1; 139:6 + ), 32:11 מִן קָטֹנְתִּי‎, Deuteronomy 14:24 הַדֶּרֶךְ מִמְּךָ יִרְבֶּה כִּי‎ = is too great for thee (1 Kings 19:7), 1Ki 32:47 מִכֶּם רֵק‎: so with עָצַם‎ Genesis 26:16, כָּבֵד‎ be too heavy for Exodus 18:18; Psalm 38:5, מָךְ‎ Leviticus 27:8 (too poor to pay), קָשָׁה‎ Deuteronomy 1:7, צַר‎ be too narrow for, 2 Kings 6:1; Isaiah 49:19, קצר‎ 50:2, אָמַץ‎ Psalm 18:18, נמני ירום‎ is too high for me 61:3, גָּבַר‎ 65:4; מִמְּךָ ַהמְעַט‎ Job 15:11 too little for thee ? מִכֶּם ַהמְעַט‎ Numbers 16:9; Isaiah 7:13; Ezekiel 34:18 (see מְעַט‎; also on 16:20); often with an infinitive, as Genesis 4:13 מִנְּשׂוֺא עֲוֺנִי גָּדוֺל‎ is greater than I can bear, 30:7 their substance was יַחְדָּו מִשֶּׁבֶת רַב‎ literally great beyond dwelling together = too great for (their) dwelling together, Exodus 12:4; Judges 7:2 רַב מִתִּתִּי‎ = too great for me to give, 1 Samuel 25:17b 1 Kings 8:64 מֵהָכִיל רַב‎, Isaiah 28:20; 33:19; 59:1; Habakkuk 1:13; Psalm 40:6; Ruth 1:12: note especially מִן רַב‎ 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 49:6 וגו לְהָקִים ׳עֶבֶד לִי מִהְיוֺתְךָ נָקֵל‎ too light for thy being my servant was it to raise up, etc., Ezekiel 8:17 וגו ׳מֵעֲשׂוֺת יִשְׂר לְבֵית ׳הֲנָקֵל‎ 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).

7 מן‎ is prefixed to an infin.:

a. with a causal force (rare), from, on account of, through (compare 2f): Deuteronomy 7:7-8, י ׳מֵאַהֲבַת אֶתְכֶם‎ through J.'s loving you = because J. loved you, 9:28 (compare 1:27 בְּ‎) 2 Samuel 3:11 אֹתוֺ מִיִּרְאָתוֺ‎ = because he feared him, Isaiah 48:4 ֗֗֗ מִדַּעְתִּי‎ = because I knew. . . So in מִבִּלְתִּי , ֗֗֗ מִבְּלִי‎.

b. after verbs implying restraint, prevention, cessation, etc., as עֲצָרַנִי מִלֶּדֶת‎ Genesis 16:2 hath restrained me from bearing, מִלֶּדֶת וַתַּעֲמֹד‎ 29:35; 30:9: so with חשׂך‎ 20:6 +, חדל‎ + Exodus 23:5 +, כִּלָּה‎ + 34:33 +, נִכְלָא‎ 36:6, מָנַע‎ 1 Samuel 25:26 +, שׁבת‎ Jeremiah 31:36 +, מֵהַבִּיט יָרֵא‎ Exodus 3:6 +, מִןהַֿחֵרֶם שִׁמְרוּ‎ Joshua 6:18; 2 Chronicles 25:13 מִלֶּכֶת הֵשִׁיב‎. 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 27:1 Jacob's eyes were dim, ֵמרְאֹת‎ away from seeing = so that he could not see, 31:29 מִן נִשְׁמַר‎ ("" 31:24 מֶּן‎), Exodus 14:5; Leviticus 26:13; Numbers 32:7; Deuteronomy 28:55 (his eye shall be envious etc.) מִתֵּת‎ from giving = so that he will not give, Judges 6:27; 1 Samuel 21:31; 1 Samuel 7:8 do not be silent from us מִזְּעֹק‎ so as not to call (compare 1 Kings 22:3), 1 Samuel 8:7 me have they rejected עליהם מִמְּלֹךְ‎, 16:1 (Hosea 4:6), 2 Samuel 14:11 (read מֵהַרְבּוֺת‎), Isaiah 5:6; 8:11; 21:3; 23:1 is destroyed מִבּוֺא‎ so that none can enter in, 24:10; 33:15; 44:18; 49:15; 54:9; 56:6; 58:13; Jeremiah 10:14 מִדַּעַת ֗֗֗ נִבְעַר‎ is stupefied so that he has no knowledge, 13:14; 33:21, 24, 26; Ezekiel 20:17; Micah 3:6; Zechariah 7:11; 7:12; Psalm 30:4 Qr, 39:2; 69:24; 102:5 (after שָׁכַח‎, peculiarly), 106:23; Lamentations 3:44; 4:18; Job 34:30a 2 Chronicles 36:13. So in מֵעֲשׂוֺת חָלִילָהלִֿי‎ that 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 מִמֶּלֶךְ‎ from (being) king (15:26 מִהְיוֺת מֶלֶךְ‎), Leviticus 26:43 מֵהֶם‎, Isaiah 7:8 מֵעָם יֵחַת‎ shall be shattered from (being) a people, that it be no more a people, 17:1 מֵעִיר מוּסָר‎, 25:2b; 52:14 מִשְׁחַת כֵּן מַרְאֵהוּ מֵאִישׁ‎ marred away from (being) a man('s), Jeremiah 2:25 מִיָּחֵף‎, 17:16 מֵרֹעֶה‎, 48:2 מִגּוֺי וְנַכְרִיתֶנָּה‎, 48:42 מֵעָם‎, Psalm 8:6 hast made him lack but little מאלהים‎ ut non esset Deus, 83:5 מִגּוֺי‎, Proverbs 30:2 בַּעַר מֵאִישׁ אָנֹכִי‎ too boorish to be a man: compare Daniel 4:13; 1 Kings 15:13 מִגְּבִירָה וַיְסִרֶהָ‎ removed her from (being) queen-mother, Ezekiel 16:41 מִזּוֺנָה וִהִשְׁבַּתִּיךְ‎; and even to express absolutely the non-existence of a thing not named in the principal clause, as Isaiah 23:1 כִּי מִבַּיִת שֻׁדַּד‎ so that there is no house, Ezekiel 12:19 (32:15), 25:9 מֵהֶעָרִים‎, Hosea 9:11 (3 t. in verse); 9:12; Micah 3:6; Haggai 1:10 מִטָּ֑ל‎, Zechariah 7:14; 9:8; Psalm 39:3; 49:15 מִזְּבֻללֿוֺ‎ so that it has no dwelling, 52:7 מֵאֹהֶל יִסָּֽחֲךָ‎ pluck thee up tentless, 109:24 is lean מִשָּׁ֑מֶן‎ so that there is no fatness, Job 28:11; 33:21; 34:30b. Oft. strengthened by pleonastic אֵין‎ or בְּלִי‎, as יוֺשֵׁב מֵאֵין‎ Isaiah 5:9, יוֺשֵׁב מִבְּלִי‎ see pp. 35:a, 115:b. compare Kö^{iii. 592 ff.}

c. with a temporal force, since, after (compare

4), chiefly late: Numbers 24:23 אֵל מִשֻּׂמוֺ‎ after God's establishing him, Isaiah 44:7 עֿוֺלָם עַם מִשֻּׂמִי‎ since I appointed the ancient people, Hosea 7:4; Haggai 2:16 (?) Ruth 2:18; Nehemiah 5:14; 1 Chronicles 8:8 אוֺתָם מִןשִֿׁלְחוֺ‎ (compare 6:16) 2 Chronicles 31:10; Daniel 11:23; 12:1 (compare 9:25), Psalm 73:20 מֵהָקִיץ כַּחֲלוֺם‎ after (one's) awaking, Job 20:4.

8 Once Deuteronomy 33:11 as a

conjunction before a finite verb. Smite . . . his haters מִןיְֿקוּמוּן‎ that they rise not again, in poetry for מִקּוּם‎ (7b): compare Dr^{§ 41}. — On מֵאֲשֵׁר‎

adverb and

conjunction.

9 In compounds: —

a. מִלְּ מִבַּ֫עַד, מִבַּלְעֲדֵי, מִבֵּין, מֵאֵת, מֵאַחֲרֵי,‎ (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 4:17 מִלַּעֲשׂוֺת‎ (have no knowledge so as not to do evil) is read by Siegf Wild; especially before infinitive; in O.T. only in מִלְּבוֺא מִלְּבַד,‎ (above 5a), מִלִּפְנֵי מִלְּפָנִים, מִלְּעֻמַּת, מִלְמַ֫טָּה, מִלְמַ֫עְלָה,‎, and, si vera lectio, הֶחָ֑רֶס מִלְמַעֲלֵה‎ Judges 8:13, see מַעֲלֶה‎), מִתַּ֫חַת מֵעִם, מֵעַל, מִנֶּגֶד,‎; see אֵת אַחֲרֵי,‎, etc.

b. לְמִן‎ (לְמִנִּי‎ Micah 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 20:1 שֶׁבַע וְעַדבְּֿאֵר לְמִדַּן‎, Micah 7:12.7:12 (both לְמִנִּי‎), Zechariah 14:10; 1 Chronicles 5:9; לְמֵרָחוֺק‎ from afar Job 36:3; 39:29 (on Ezra 3:13; 2 Chronicles 26:15, see below לְ עַד‎); לְ לְמִתַּחַת‎ = underneath 1 Kings 7:32. Idiomatic, especially followed by וְעַד‎, to denote comprehensively an entire class, בְּהֵמָה וְעַד לְמֵאִישׁ‎ Exodus 11:7; Jeremiah 51:62 (לְמֵאָדָם‎), אִשָּׁה וְעַד לְמֵאִישׁ‎ 2 Samuel 6:19; 2 Chronicles 15:13, גָּדוֺל וְעַד לְמִקָּטֹן‎ 2 Kings 23:2; Jeremiah 42:8, simil. 2 Chronicles 15:13; Jeremiah 31:34; Esther 1:5, 20, וְעַדטֿוֺב לְמֵרָע‎ 2 Samuel 13:22, שָׁנָה עֶשְׂרִים לְמִבֶּן וּלְמָ֑טָּה‎ 1 Chronicles 27:23, compare 2 Chronicles 25:5. — On לְמִבֵּית‎ Numbers 18:7. (2) of time (often following by עַד‎), ֗֗֗ אֲשֶׁר הַיּוֺם לְמִן‎ from the day when . . ., Deuteronomy 4:32; 9:7; 2 Samuel 7:11 ("" 1 Chronicles 17:10 אֲשֶׁר וּלְמִיָּמִים‎) Jeremiah 7:25; 32:31; Haggai 2:18; ֗֗֗ אֲשֶׁר הַיָּמִים לְמִקְצָת‎ Daniel 1:18; הַיּוֺם לְמִן‎ 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 37:26 מימי‎) Malachi 3:7; למןֿ עולם ועד עולם‎ Jeremiah 7:7; 25:5; לְמֵרָחוֺק‎ from 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. מִנֵּי מִנִּי,‎ see מִן‎. מִנִּי‎ Psalm 45:9 see I. [ מֵן‎].

מִנָיוֺת‎ see מְנָת‎ below מנה‎.

מִנְיָמִן מִנְיָמִין,‎ see מִיָּמִן‎.

מִנְלָם‎ see [ מִנְלֶה‎] below נלה‎.

מנן‎ (of following; Arabic is praecidit funem, diminuit numerum,debilitavit; also be bounteous, Qor 3:158 and elsewhere, a gift; whence Zerweck^{Präp. Min 4} assumes a primary meaning to separate — either from or for ("zutheilen"), as the case might be).