H4479 H4479
who? whoever (Aramaic interrogative/relative pronoun)
Senses
1. who? whoever (Aramaic interrogative/relative pronoun) — An Aramaic interrogative and indefinite relative pronoun meaning 'who?' or 'whoever,' used in Daniel (2:11, 3:6, 3:11, 3:15, 4:14, 4:22, 4:29, 5:7, 5:21, 6:8). Functions both as a direct interrogative ('who?') and as an indefinite relative ('whoever'). The semantic range is narrower than its Hebrew cognate מִי, focusing primarily on personal reference rather than extending to 'what.' Cross-linguistic evidence: Arabic مَنْ (man, 'who/whoever'), Spanish '¿Quién?' / 'quien' (who/whoever), Hindi कौन (kaun, 'who') / जो (jo, 'whoever'), Korean 누가 (nuga, 'who') / 누구든지 (nugudunji, 'whoever'), Swahili 'nani' (who) / 'yeyote' (whoever). All three clusters (bare interrogative, with conjunctive waw, with preposition ל) are the same pronoun with grammatical clitics attached, not distinct lexical senses. 10×
AR["مَنْ-","وَ-لِمَنْ-","وَ-مَنْ-"]·ben["এবং-কে-","এবং-যাকে-","এবং-যে-","কি-","কে-"]·DE["[מן]","und-wem","und-wer"]·EN["and-to-whom-","and-who-","and-whoever-","and-whom-","what","who"]·FR["de","et-de","et-qui?"]·heb["ו-ל-מי","ו-מי","מן"]·HI["और-कौन","और-जिसे","और-जो","किसने","कौन"]·ID["dan-kepada-siapa","dan-kepada-siapa-pun","dan-siapa","dan-siapa-pun","siapa"]·IT["da","e-a-da","e-da"]·jav["Lan-sinten-","lan-dhateng-sinten-","lan-sinten-","maringi","punapa","sinten"]·KO["그리고-누구-","그리고-누구-에게든지-","그리고-누구든지-","누가-"]·PT["E-quem","e-a-quem-","e-quem","quais-","quem-"]·RU["и-кого-","и-кому-","и-кто-","каковы-","кто-"]·ES["Y-quien","y-a-quien","¿Quién-","¿cuáles-","¿y-quién"]·SW["Na-yeyote-","na-kwa-yeyote-","na-ni-nani-","na-yeyote-","nani"]·TR["Kim-","Ve-kim-","ve-kim-","ve-kime-"]·urd["اور-جسے-","اور-جو","اور-کون","کس-نے-","کون-"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַן (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);— 1. 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…