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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. ### Jastrow 1903 מִן: from, of; more less than whence? whence is it proven? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5df/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** (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. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 53 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates) ## Glosses MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: from (91); some (7); away from (6). ## In the verses [Daniel 7:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.3/#tree) וְאַרְבַּ֤ע חֵיוָן֙ רַבְרְבָ֔ן סָלְקָ֖ן מִן־יַמָּ֑א שָׁנְיָ֖ן דָּ֥א מִן־דָּֽא׃ *Word for word:* and four beasts great \[were\].coming.up from the sea \[they.were\].different this.\[one\] from this.\[one\] *JPS 1917:* And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. [Daniel 7:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.17/#tree) אִלֵּין֙ חֵיוָתָ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י אִנִּ֖ין אַרְבַּ֑ע אַרְבְּעָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקוּמ֥וּן מִן־אַרְעָֽא׃ *Word for word:* these the beasts (the) great which they \[are\].four four kings they.will.arise from the earth *JPS 1917:* 'These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, that shall arise out of the earth. ## On Mova - [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5df.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5df/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. 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).