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מִן־

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hebrewOld TestamentPreposition1,189 occurrences38 books1,057 verses

Definition

or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
Traditional renderings: above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, × neither, × nor, (out) of, over, since, × then, through, × whether, with.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מִן־:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,189 total
  1. Genesis 26:16מִמֶּ֖נּוּ · for us
    Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
  2. Genesis 27:45מִמְּךָ֗ · against you
    …until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
  3. Genesis 29:2מִן־ · from
    He looked and saw a well in the field, and near it lay three flocks of sheep, because the sheep were watered from this well. And a large stone covered the mouth of the well.
  4. Genesis 30:2מִמֵּ֖ךְ · from you
    Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld children from you?”
  5. Genesis 30:3מִמֶּֽנָּה׃ · so that through her
    Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
  6. Genesis 30:16מִן־ · from
    When Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
  7. Genesis 31:13מִן־
    I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
  8. Genesis 32:13מִן־
    Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:
  9. Genesis 33:15מִן־ · some of
    “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
  10. Genesis 34:7מִן־ · from
    When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
  11. Genesis 35:11מִמֶּ֑ךָּ · from you
    And God told him, “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation—even a company of nations—shall come from you, and kings shall descend from you.
  12. Genesis 37:28מִן־ · out of
    So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
  13. Genesis 38:17מִן־ · from
    “I will send you a young goat from my flock,” Judah answered. But she replied, “Only if you leave me something as a pledge until you send it.”
  14. Genesis 38:26מִמֶּ֔נִּי · than I
    Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
  15. Genesis 39:9מִמֶּנִּי֒ · than I am; מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ · from me
    No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
  16. Genesis 40:14מִן־ · of
    But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.
  17. Genesis 40:17מִן־ · out of
    In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”
  18. Genesis 41:2מִן־ · from
    …when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
  19. Genesis 41:3מִן־ · from
    After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.
  20. Genesis 41:14מִן־ · out of
    So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, who was quickly brought out of the dungeon. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he went in before Pharaoh.
  21. Genesis 41:18מִן־ · from
    …when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
  22. Genesis 41:40מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ · than you
    You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”
  23. Genesis 48:19מִמֶּ֔נּוּ · than he
    But his father refused. “I know, my son, I know!” he said. “He too shall become a people, and he too shall be great; nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.”
  24. Genesis 50:24מִן־ · from
    Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  25. Exodus 1:9מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ · for us
    “Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.
  26. Exodus 1:10מִן־
    Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
  27. Exodus 2:7מִ֖ן · one of
    Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call one of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?”
  28. Exodus 2:10מִן־ · of
    When the child had grown older, she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses and explained, “I drew him out of the water.”
  29. Exodus 2:23מִן־ · under their; מִן־ · from
    After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
  30. Exodus 3:8מִן־ · from
    I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
  31. Exodus 4:9מִן־ · from
    But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
  32. Exodus 4:26מִמֶּ֑נּוּ
    So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.)
  33. Exodus 5:8מִמֶּ֑נּוּ
    But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
  34. Exodus 7:18מִן־
    The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”
  35. Exodus 7:21מִן־
    The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
  36. Exodus 8:8מִמֶּ֖נִּי · away from me
    Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”
  37. Exodus 8:9מִמְּךָ֖ · from
    Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
  38. Exodus 8:11מִמְּךָ֙ · from you
    The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
  39. Exodus 8:13מִן־ · in; מִן־; וּמִן־
    And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.
  40. Exodus 9:15מִן־ · off
    For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
  41. Exodus 9:18לְמִן־ · from
    Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.
  42. Exodus 10:5מִן־; מִן־
    They will cover the face of the land so that no one can see it. They will devour whatever is left after the hail and eat every tree that grows in your fields.
  43. Exodus 10:26מִמֶּ֣נּוּ · some of them
    Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
  44. Exodus 12:5מִן־ · it from; וּמִן־
    Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.