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title: מֵן — string · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֵן (4482), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: string. BDB 1906: string. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֵן

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«מֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **string** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4482 · **BDB:** מֵן

### Glosses

stringed.instrument (1); stringed.instruments (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

string [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4482/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

string [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4482/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] string (of harp) (prob. loan-word from Aramaic ܡܶܢܬܳܐ, 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.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4482/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 150:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.150.4/)

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הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ בְתֹ֣ף וּמָח֑וֹל הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּמִנִּ֥ים וְעוּגָֽב׃

*Word for word:* praise him with tambourine and dancing praise him with stringed.instruments and flute

*JPS 1917:* Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe.

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[Psalms 45:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.45.9/)

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מֹר־וַאֲהָל֣וֹת קְ֭צִיעוֹת כָּל־בִּגְדֹתֶ֑יךָ מִֽן־הֵ֥יכְלֵי שֵׁ֝֗ן מִנִּ֥י שִׂמְּחֽוּךָ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].myrrh and aloes cassia(s) all clothes your from palaces of.ivory stringed.instrument they have.made.you.glad

*JPS 1917:* Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

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