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hw) P01
hwˀ (hū) pron. he
OA hˀ; OfA and Middle Aramaic often just hw; Syriac ܗܘ; Qum also Hebraizing (Qum dialect) הואה

  1 he Com. --(a) combined with itself as copula: ܗܘܝܘ : he himself, he is the one Syr. (a.1) as conj. : see s.v. hwyw conj. Syr. (a.2) ܗܘ ܟܕ ܗܘ : the very same Syr.
  2 as copula Com.
  3 emphatic enclitic particle focusing on the word it follows Syr.
  4 ܕܗܘ : fol. interog. adverbs : some X or the other. See, sv. ˀmty Syr.

mnw P01 = mnw R --> mn R
mn (man) pron. who?
often spelled מאן in Jewish texts for disambiguation from mn prep.

  1 who? Com. --(a) +(h)w, (h)y Com. (a.1) mn dhw : someone Syr, JBA. --(b) +šm const./pron. suffix : who are/is ? BA-Ez, Qum, JLAtg, Syr.
  2 + zy/dy/d : whoever, one who Com.
  3 introducing hypothetical exclamatory clauses: would that JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. --(a) ܡܢ ܕܝܢ + perf. verb Syr.