•מַן S 4479 TWOT 2832 (so Gi , with most MSS., supported by Syriac ˜˜˜ (man),
Arabic مِنْ ( min ); v. K § 22, 1), מָן (Baer: v. on Dn 3:6 ), interr. pron. who ? ( Old
Aramaic Nab. Palm. מן (Lzb312 Cooke 188 ), T מן , Syriac ˜˜˜ (man), Ethiopic ˜˜ ( mannu ) Arabic مَنْ ( man ): W CG 123: BH מִי ) ;—3. who? Ezr 5: 3, 9 ;
strengthened by הוּא , Dn 3:15 וּמַן־הוּא אֱלָהּ דִּי who is the God who …? ( cf.
Syriac ˜˜˜˜˜ ( manu ) contr. from ˜˜˜ ˜˜˜ ( man hu ), and מַנּוּ in the
Syriacizing T to Pr: also BH מִי הוּא , הוּא 4 b β ) ; so in the pl. Ezr 5:4 מַן־אִנּוּן שְׁמָהָת what (lit. who: cf. מִי 1 a , and Gn 32:28 Ex 3:13 T) are the names of …? 4. מַן־דִּי whosoever (lit. who is there that …? v. BH מִי g ) Dn 3:6 , 11 מַן־דִּי לָא יִפֵּל , 4:14 וּלְמַן דִּי יִצְבֵּא יִתְּנִנַּהּ to whomsoever he willeth, he giveth it, v 2 2,
29 ; 5:21 (so Nab. מן די , Cooke241, 325 ff. ; T מַן דְּ ; Syriac ˜˜˜ ˜ (man d); cf.
Egyptian Aramaic
S-C
Pap. K
7, 12
ולמן זי צבית תנתן
).
מִן S 4480, 4481 TWOT 1212, 2833 GK 4946 prep. from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more
than ( BH and general Aramaic id. ) ;—rarely assimilated, as in Heb. , v. Dn 6:5 מִצַּד ,
Ezr 5:11 ; 6:14 ; sf. מִנִּי , מִנָּךְ , 3 m. מִנֵּהּ , f. מִנַּהּ •Dn 2:4 2; 7:24 ; 3 mpl. מִנֵּהוֹן (so
Palm. Tariff ii. a 34 ; Nab. Egyptian Aramaic מנהם , CookeNo. 89. 6, S-CPap. A 10 ) • Dn
2:33 (×2), 41 (×2), 42 (×2) Kt ( Qr each time f. מִנְּהֵן ), 6:3(×2);—5. of place: a. from , Dn
4:10 , 11 , 28 ; 7:4 +, מִן תַּמָּה •Ezr 6: 6; fig. on the side or part of ( cf. BH 1 c ) Dn 6:5 מִצַּד מַלְכוּתָא . b. out of , Dn 3:15 , 26 ; 5:2 ; 7:3 , etc. c. (coming) from 2:3 5, away
from , 2:45 ; 4:11 , 22 , 28 Je 10:1 1. d. to ask or exact of a person, Dn 2:16 , 49 +; Ezr 7:26 ; to deliver from Dn 6:2 1. 6. a. of the source ( BH 2 b ), as to be fed from Dn 4: 9;
or author (ib. d ), מִנִּי שִׂים טְעֵם = by me is a decree made, Dn 3:29 ; 4:3 ( 6:27 מִן־קֳדָמַי ), Ezr 4:19 +, cf. 5:1 7; מִנִּי = on my part Dn 2: 5, 8 ( v. אַזְדָּא . b. of the
immediate cause, as a result of, by , Dn 4:22 ( = ב v 1 2, 20 ), v 3 0; 5:21 : so with a vb.
of
fearing
5:1
9.
c.
of the
remoter cause, by reason of
(
BH
2 f
),
Dn 5:19
Gi C.D. Gindsburg. contr. contract, contracted.