Zoharic Aramaic · The phrases that immediately identify Zoharic discourse

מַאן

ZOH-005Zoharic AramaicMedieval Zoharic literary Aramaic

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

מַאן

Pedagogical transliterationman

Plain meaningwho? / whoever / one who, according to construction

Any vocalization or pronunciation shown here is pedagogical unless the cited source itself is pointed.

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

מַאן

מאן asks or identifies a person in many Jewish Aramaic texts. In Zoharic prose it can be a direct “who?” or participate in expressions equivalent to “whoever / the one who.” The surrounding clause determines whether English needs a question or relative expression.

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מַאן

ORIGINAL

ZOH-005

man

READING

Pedagogical reading guide

who? / whoever / one who, according to construction

MEANING

Zoharic Aramaic

REMEMBER

מַאן

מאן points to “who?” or “the one who.”