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מָן

«מָן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: who? — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 10 times · Key: lemma:מָן · BDB: מַן

Glosses

whomever (4); who? (3); whoever (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

who? tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

interr. pron. who tree →

The whole BDB entry

(so Gi, with most MSS., supported by Syriac ܡܰܢ, Arabic مِنْ; v. K§ 22, 1), מָן (Baer: v. on Dn 3:6), interr. pron. who? (Old Aramaic Nab. Palm. מן (Lzb312 Cooke188), 𝔗 מן, Syriac ܡܰܢ, Ethiopic መኑ Arabic مَنْ: WCG 123: BH מִי);— who? Ezr 5:3, 9; strengthened by הוּא, Dn 3:15 וּמַן־הוּא אֱלָהּ דִּי who is the God who …? (cf. Syriac ܡܰܢܽܘ contr. from ܡܰܢ ܗܽܘ, 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 …? 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 22, 29; 5:21 (so Nab. מן די, Cooke241, 325 ff.; 𝔗 מַן דְּ; Syriac ܡܰܢ ܕ; cf. Egyptian Aramaic S-CPap. K 7, 12 ולמן זי צבית תנתן).

Jastrow 1903

מָן I: portion, food man the manna tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

portion, food. Num. R. s. 12 (play on א̇ר̇ג̇מ̇ן̇) the sun שיצרו הקב"ה לארוג מן וכ׳ whom the Lord has created to weave (ripen) food for creatures; ואין מן אלא פירות וכ׳ man means fruits and food (with ref. to וימן, Dan. I, 5).—Esp. מָּן(הַ) the manna of the desert. Ex. R. s. 25. Tanḥ. B’shall. 20; Mekh. ib., Vayassa, s. 2 אוכלי המן those eating manna (not troubling themselves about to-morrow). Yoma 75ᵃ; a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (14 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מָן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ezra 5:4

אֱדַ֥יִן כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־אִנּוּן֙ שְׁמָהָ֣ת גֻּבְרַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־דְנָ֥ה בִנְיָנָ֖א בָּנַֽיִן׃

Word for word: then as.follows we.said to them what? [are].they the.names of the.men who this the building [are].building

JPS 1917: 'Then spoke we unto them after this manner, wrote they: What are the names of the men that build this building?'

Daniel 3:11

וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

Word for word: and whoever that not he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage he.will.be.thrown to the.midst of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning

JPS 1917: and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

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