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מֵן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4482

string — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

string tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֵן: string tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] string (of harp) (prob. loan-word from Aramaic ܡܶܢܬܳܐ, hair, string PS 2163); pl. מִנִּים ψ 150:4, so also prob. 45:9 (read מִנִּים for MT מִנִּי, cf. Che Bae We > Ges§ 87, 1. b Hup al., who think מִנִּי an apoc. pl.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: stringed instrument (1); stringed instruments (1).

In the verses

Psalms 150:4 · tree →

הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ בְתֹ֣ף וּמָח֑וֹל הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּמִנִּ֥ים וְעוּגָֽב׃

Word for word: praise him with tambourine and dancing praise him with stringed.instruments and flute

JPS 1917: Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe.

Psalms 45:9 · tree →

מֹר־וַאֲהָל֣וֹת קְ֭צִיעוֹת כָּל־בִּגְדֹתֶ֑יךָ מִֽן־הֵ֥יכְלֵי שֵׁ֝֗ן מִנִּ֥י שִׂמְּחֽוּךָ׃

Word for word: [are].myrrh and aloes cassia(s) all clothes your from palaces of.ivory stringed.instrument they have.made.you.glad

JPS 1917: Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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