מִן

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 2:42; 7:24; 3 mpl. מִנְּהוֹן (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);— of place: 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. out of, Dn 3:15, 26; 5:2; 7:3, etc. (coming) from 2:35, away from, 2:45; 4:11, 22, 28; Je 10:11. to ask or exact of a person, Dn 2:16, 49 +; Ezr 7:26; to deliver from Dn 6:21. 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. 5:17; מִנִּי = on my part Dn 2:5, 8 (v. אַזְדָּא). of the immediate cause, as a result of, by, Dn 4:22 (= ב v 12, 20), v 30; 5:21: so with a vb. of fearing 5:19. of the remoter cause, by reason of (BH 2 f), Dn 5:19 מִן־רְבוּתָא, 7:11; so מִן־דִּי, v. דִּי 4 b. of the norm (cf. BH 2 g) = at, according to, Ezr 6:14 מִן־טַעַם אֱלָהּ יִשׂ׳ at the decree of, etc., 7:23; Dn 2:8 מִן־יַצִּיב according to certainty, v 47 מִן־קְשֹׁט. partitively (BH 3), Dn 6:3 חַד מִנְּהוֹן, 7:8, 16; 2:25; 5:13; (some) of 2:41 מִן־נִצְבְּתָא; מִנְּהוֹן … מִנְּהוֹן some … others of them 2:33, 41, 42a; so v 42b מִן־קְצָת … מִנַּהּ. of time, from, Dn 2:20 (מִן … וְעַד), Ezr 4:15, 19; v. also אֱדַיִן and דִּי 4. in comparisons, different from Dn 7:3, 7, 19, 23, 24, beyond, more than 2:30, 39; 6:3; 7:20 end; 4:13 לִבְבֵהּ מִן־אֲנָשָׁא יְשַׁנּוֹן let his heart be changed away from man’s (BH 7 b b; Is 52:14). cpds.:—v. לְוָת, קֳדָם, [קַדְמָה], תְּחוֹת.

(b. h.) from, of; more (or less) than. Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ מן השמים ירחמו from heaven they will have mercy (on me), i.e. I trust in God. Sabb. 21ᵇ המהדרין מן המהדרין v. הָדַר.—מן המובחר, v. בָּחַר; מן המומחה, v. מוּמְחֶה.—Tem. 28ᵃ מן הבהמה להוציא וכ׳ ‘of the cattle’ (Lev. I, 2) intimates the exclusion of &c.; a. v. fr.—Prefix מִ־, מָי־, מֵ־, מֵי־ q. v.—מִנַּיִן, מִנַּיִין, מִינַּיִין (= b. h. מֵאַיִן, v. אַיִן) whence?, whence is it proven?—Yoma 32ᵃ מ׳ לחמש וכ׳ whence is derived the regulation about five immersions &c.? Ib. ומ׳ שכל טבילה וכ׳ and whence is the rule derived that each immersion requires &c.? Ib. 44ᵃ אין לי אלא … מ׳ this would prove to me only in favor of …, whence do you derive that the same applies to …?; a. v. fr.