"מן" meaning in Hebrew

See מן in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: מָן [canonical], man [romanization]
Etymology: Uncertain. Ebers suggested it was borrowed from Egyptian mn:n-nw:W-Hn (mnw, “a type of aromatic plant”); other scholars have suggested the Egyptian word was instead borrowed from Semitic, or that hypotheses of such a connection are unsubstantiated. The original story in the scriptures mentions that the people said "מָן הוּא" when they first saw it, which the context suggests meant "what is it?". This may have been a folk-etymological attempt to explain the name. Etymology templates: {{bor|he|egy|mnw|<hiero>mn:n-nw:W-Hn</hiero>|a type of aromatic plant|tr=mnw}} Egyptian mn:n-nw:W-Hn (mnw, “a type of aromatic plant”), {{lang|he|מָן הוּא}} מָן הוּא Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m|pl=-|tr=man|wv=מָן}} מָן • (man) m (no plural forms)
  1. manna Tags: no-plural
    Sense id: en-מן-he-noun-6tXtgcGb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

Etymology: Cognate to Aramaic מִן (min), Arabic مِنْ (min). Etymology templates: {{cog|arc|מִן|tr=min}} Aramaic מִן (min), {{cog|ar|مِنْ}} Arabic مِنْ (min) Head templates: {{he-prep|tr=min|wv=מִן}} מִן • (min) Forms: מִן [canonical], min [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], מִ־ [error-unrecognized-form], מֵ־ [error-unrecognized-form], מִן [error-unrecognized-form], מִמֶּנִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, singular], מִמֶּנּוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], מֵאִתָּנוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural], מִמְּךָ [masculine, second-person, singular], מִמֵּךְ [feminine, second-person, singular], מִכֶּם [masculine, plural, second-person], מִמְּכֶם [masculine, plural, second-person], מִכֶּן [feminine, plural, second-person], מִמְּכֶן [feminine, plural, second-person], מִמֶּנּוּ [masculine, singular, third-person], הֵימֶּנּוּ [masculine, singular, third-person], מִמֶּנָּה [feminine, singular, third-person], הֵימֶּנָּה [feminine, singular, third-person], מֵהֶם [masculine, plural, third-person], מֵהֶן [feminine, plural, third-person]
  1. Alternative form of מִ־ (mi-). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: מִ־ (extra: mi-)
    Sense id: en-מן-he-prep-sDdgBMZl Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew prepositions Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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    },
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      "form": "הֵימֶּנּוּ",
      "roman": "heiménu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "form": "מֵהֶם",
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      ]
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          "מִ־",
          "מ־#Hebrew"
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      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "הֵימֶּנּוּ",
      "roman": "heiménu",
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      ]
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "מֵהֶם",
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      ]
    },
    {
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          "מ־#Hebrew"
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      "form": "מָן",
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  "lang_code": "he",
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  ],
  "word": "מן"
}

Download raw JSONL data for מן meaning in Hebrew (5.7kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: מן/Hebrew 'base form' base_tags=set()",
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  "title": "מן",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: מן/Hebrew 'Personal-pronoun- including forms' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "מן"
  ],
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  "title": "מן",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: מן/Hebrew 'Personal-pronoun- including forms' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hebrew dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (7c21d10 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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