STRONGS H4479:
Abbreviations
Biblical Aramaic
†
מַן (so Gi, with most MSS., supported by Syriac
, Arabic
; see K
§ 22, 1),
מָן (Baer: see on
Daniel 3:6),
interrogative pronoun who? (Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene
מן Lzb
312 Cooke
188),
מן, Syriac
, Ethiopic
Arabic
W
CG 123: Biblical Hebrew
H4310 מִי); —
1. who? Ezra 5:3, 9; strengthened by הוּא, Daniel 3:15 וּמַן־הוּא אֱלָהּ דִּי who is the God who... ? (compare Syriac contracted from , and מַנּוּ in the Syriacizing to Proverbs: also Biblical Hebrew מִי הוּא, הוּא 4b β); so in the plural Ezra 5:4 מַן־אִנּוּן שְׁמָהָת what (literally who: compare H4310 מִי 1 a, and Genesis 32:28; Exodus 3:13 ) are the names of...?
2. מַן־דִּי whosoever (literally who is there that...? see Biblical Hebrew H4310 מִיg) Daniel 3:6, 11 מִן־דִּי לֲ יִפֵּל, Daniel 4:14 וּלְמַן דִּי יִצְבֵּא יִתְּנִנַּהּ to whomsoever he willeth, he giveth it, Daniel 4:22; Daniel 4:29; Daniel 5:21 (so Nabataean מן די, Cooke241, 325 ff.; מַן דְּ; Syriac ; compare Egyptian Aramaic S-CPap. K 7, 12 ולמן זי צבית תנתן).
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Ezra
5:3; 5:4; 5:9
Daniel
3:6; 3:6; 3:11; 3:15; 4:14; 4:22; 4:29; 5:21