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מֶּןֿ‎₁₃₃ (always with Makkeph **except Gen 38:23; 44:34; Deut 7:25; 32:27 [not Gi], Isa 27:3; Prov 25:8: Mandelkern^{Conc. under the word}.)

conjunction (averting, or deprecating), lest (origin dubious: Thes Kö^{ii. 334} from מָּנָה‎, properly substantive construct in accusative for the aversion of; but פָנָה‎ is intransitive: Nö^{M. 474} compares the enclitic particle מּוֺן‎ in ᵑ7‎, then ἄν, 'etwa,' thinking that a particle with the meaning 'es möchte etwa,' spoken in a tone of alarm, might readily acquire a deprecatory force); — lest:

1 with imperfect Gen 3:3 ye shall not eat thereof . . . מֶּןתְּֿמֻתוּן‎ lest ye die, 11:4 let us build a city מֶּןנָֿפוּץ‎ lest we be scattered, 19:15, 17, 19; 38:23; Genesis 45: Exod 1:10; 23:29; 23:33 etc., 2Kin 10:23 (followed by יֵשׁ‎), Isa 6:10; 27:3; 28:22; 48:5, 7; Psa 2:12; 7:3 etc.; often after הִשָׁמֶרלְֿךָ‎ take heed to thyself Gen 24:6; 31:24, and especially in Deuteronomy, as Deut 4:9, 23; 6:12; 8:11 and elsewhere; after a verb of fearing Gen 32:12, and once, even, of swearing Judg 15:12; deprecating pathetically, Gen 44:34 how shall I go up, etc.? lest I look upon the evil that will befal my father. Once, unusually, preceding the principal clause, Prov 5:6 מֶּןתְּֿפַלֵּס חַיִּים אֹרַח‎ lest she should make level the path of life, her ways are unstable, etc. (Ew Be Now; see also Toy). Note especially

a. the idiom מֶּןֿ (אָמַרְתִּי) אָמַר כִּי‎ for he (I) said, Lest..., implying always that some precaution has been taken to avert the dreaded contingency, Gen 26:9 for I said, Lest I die on account of her (to obviate which, Isaac had called Rebecca his sister), 31:31; 38:11; 42:4; Exod 13:17; Num 16:34; 1Sam 13:19; 27:11 (לֵאמֹר‎), Psa 38:17; with אמר כי‎ implied Gen 26:7; compare, with an aposiop., 3:22 and now, lest he put forth his hand, etc. (implying that measures are taken to prevent this, see 3:23): compare Tob 8:9.

b. מֶּןֿ‎ at the beginning of a sentence, with a dissuasive force, (Beware) lest: + Isa 36:18 חזקיהו אֶתְכֶם מֶּןיַֿסִּית‎ (beware) lest Hezekiah deceive you, Deut 29:17 (twice in verse) (followed by יֵשׁ‎), Jer 51:46; Job 32:13; 36:18.

2 with Perfect, the result feared being conceived as having possibly already taken place; 2Sam 20:6 pursue after him, וְהִצִּיל ֗֗֗ לוֺ מֶּןמָֿצָא‎ lest he have found him fenced cities, etc. (but the tense of והציל‎ makes יִמְצָא‎ probably, Dr^sm Bu Kö^{iii. 486}), 2Kin 2:16 י רוּחַ ׳מֶּןנְֿשָׂאוֺ וגו ׳וַיַּשְׁלִכֵהוּ‎.

詞類次數：質詞（132）

原文字根：面；相當於G3379（μήποτε）

字義溯源：排除，免得，避免，那就是，不，惟恐，恐怕，只怕，倘或，倘若，不要，不可。出自（H6437（פֹּונֶה‎ / פָּנָה‎）*=轉回）

出現次數：總共（133）；創（17）；出（12）；利（1）；民（3）；申（29）；書（3）；士（5）；得（1）；撒上（7）；撒下（6）；王下（2）；代上（1）；伯（2）；詩（9）；箴（18）；賽（6）；耶（8）；何（1）；摩（1）；瑪（1）

譯字彙編：

1）免得（54）創3:3；創11:4；創19:15；創19:17；創26:7；創26:9；創38:23；創45:11；出5:3；出19:21；民20:18；申4:9；申4:23；申6:12；申7:25；申8:11；申9:28；申11:16；申12:30；申12:30；申15:9；申19:6；申22:9；書6:18；士7:2；士9:54；士14:15；士18:25；撒上4:9；撒上15:6；撒上20:3；撒上31:4；撒下1:20；撒下1:20；撒下17:16；撒下20:6；代上10:4；伯36:18；詩13:3；詩13:4；詩50:22；詩91:12；箴20:13；箴25:8；箴26:5；賽27:3；賽48:5；賽48:7；耶1:17；耶6:8；耶6:8；何2:3；摩5:6；瑪4:6；

2）恐怕（50）創3:22；創19:19；創32:11；創38:11；創42:4；創44:34；出1:10；出13:17；出19:22；出19:24；出23:29；出33:3；出34:12；利10:7；民16:26；民16:34；申7:22；申8:12；申20:5；申20:6；申20:7；申20:8；書2:16；得4:6；撒上9:5；撒上13:19；撒下12:28；撒下15:14；詩2:12；詩38:16；詩59:11；箴5:9；箴5:10；箴9:8；箴22:25；箴24:18；箴25:10；箴25:16；箴25:17；箴26:4；箴30:6；箴30:9；箴30:10；箴31:5；賽6:10；賽28:22；賽36:18；耶4:4；耶10:24；耶21:12；

3）惟恐（5）申4:16；申6:15；申29:18；申32:27；申32:27；

4）不可（3）出34:12；申12:13；王下10:23；

5）恐怕他們（3）出23:33；詩7:2；耶38:19；

6）倘若（2）申25:3；詩28:1；

7）又恐怕（2）申4:19；箴30:9；

8）免得他們（1）撒上27:11；

9）不（1）士15:12；

10）或者（1）王下2:16；

11）你們切不可（1）伯32:13；

12）不要（1）耶51:46；

13）以致她找不到（1）箴5:6；

14）倘或（1）書24:27；

15）又惟恐（1）申29:18；

16）恐怕你要（1）創31:31；

17）又免得（1）申4:9；

18）避免（1）創31:24；

19）都不可（1）申12:19；

20）要避免（1）創24:6；

21）只怕（1）出34:15