16:36
Rob
BR i, 75, 115, 590
Eb
GS 233 ff., 574 ff.
Soc
ZMG xxxv. 1881, 254
)
;—
מ׳
abs.
Ex 16:15
+
12 times,
sf.
מַנְךָ
Ne 9:2
0:—
manna:
וַיֹּאמְרוּ מָן הוּא כִּי לֹא יָֽדְעוּ מַה־הוּא
Ex 16:1
5;
v
3
1,
33
,
35
(×2) Nu 11:
6,
7
,
9
(described
Ex 16:14
,
31 Nu 11:
7; accomp. dew
Ex 16:14 Nu 11:
9); ceased after Israel reached Canaan
Jos 5:12
(×2); as 2nd
acc.
הֶאֱכִילְךָ אֶת־הַמָּן
Dt 8:
3,
cf.
v
1
6;
מָן לֶאֱכֹל וַיּמְטֵר עֲלֵיהֶם
ψ 78:24
;
וּמַנְךָ לֹא־מָנַעְתָּ מִפִּיהֶם
Ne 9:2
0.
•
II.
מָן
S
4478
TWOT
1208, 1209, 1210
GK
4942, 4943
in
Ex 16:15
(with reference to the manna)
מַה־הוּא וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל־אָחִיו מָן הוּא כִּי לֹא יָֽדְעוּ
, most prob. ‘what is it?’ the question being intended as a popular etym. of
מָן
‘manna,’ based upon the
late
Aramaic
ܡܳܢ
(
mon
)
What?
(
man
is ‘Who?’ in Arabic, Aramaic (
מַן
,
ܡܰܢ
(
man
)),
Mand.
(
מאן
), Ethiopic (
manu
), ‘What?’ in these dialects being
مَا
(
mā
),
מָה
,
ܡܳܐ
(
mo
),
מָא
(Ethiopic
ment
);
מָן
in the sense of ‘What?’ must correspond to the later Syriac
ܡܳܢ
(
mon
),
contr.
from
ܡܳܐ ܕܶܝܢ
(
mo deyn
),
å
מָדֵין
:
Nö
§ 68 W
SG 125)
.
•
I
. [
מֵן
S
4482
TWOT
1211, 1215a
GK
4944, 4945
]
n.
[
m.
]
string
(of harp)
(
prob. loan- word from Aramaic
ܡܶܢܬܳܐ
(
mento
),
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.
)
II . [ מֵן S 4482 TWOT 1211, 1215a GK 4944, 4945 ], מִנֶּ˜הוּ v. מנן .
מִן־
, and םִ·
, before
יְ
(except
Dn 12:2 2 Ch 20:1
1)
contr.
to
מִי
(as מִידֵי
from
מִיְּדֵי
), before gutt. and
ר
, mostly
םֵ
, occasionally
םִ
(
Ges
§ 102, 1 R.
; more fully
Kö
ii
. 291 ff.
),
מִן
before art. in all books much commoner than
מֵ-
;
מִן
before other words most freq. in Ch [51 times: elsewhere 47 times (
Kö
292)]; poet. also
Rob E. Robinson, Biblical Resarches. Eb G. Ebers, Durch Gosen zum Sinai . Soc A. Socin.
Mand. Mandean. contr. contract, contracted. Nö T. Nöldeke, Beiträge z. semitischen Sprachwissenschaft. W W. Wright, Comp. Semit. Gram.
PS R. Payne Smith, Thesaurus Syriacus. Kö E. König.