Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar/102. Prefixed Prepositions
|←Prepositions||Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar (1909) , translated by
Arthur Ernest Cowley |Prepositions with Pronominal Suffixes and
in the Plural Form→| 102a 1. Of the words mentioned in § 101,
מִן־ from, out of, frequently occurs as a prefix (§99c), with
its Nûn assimilated to the following consonant (by means of
Dageš forte), e.g. מִיַּ֫עַר out of a forest. 102b Rem. The
separate מִן־ (always with a following Maqqeph) is usual (but
not necessary, cf. Ju 2014 with verse 15, Ez 436, &c.) only
before the article, e.g. מִן־הָאָ֫רֶץ, and sometimes occurs
before the softer consonants, e.g. מִן־אָז Jer 4418, מִן־בְּנֵי
Jo 112, 1 Ch 518; cf. Ex 1814, Lv 114, 1430, Ju 723, 1011, 1916,
ψ 1047 (2 K 2336 before ר; also before ק in ψ 1849), and
elsewhere in the later books (as in Aramaic); there is besides a
poetic by-form מִנִּי (cf. §90m) and מִנֵּי Is 3011. Its form is
most commonly מִ· with a following Dageš, which may, however, be
omitted in letters which have Šewâ (c