חלק ממנו לא ברור לי.

to me

Breakdown of חלק ממנו לא ברור לי.

• לא: not
• ברור: clear
• חלק: part

Questions & Answers about חלק ממנו לא ברור לי.

What does חלק mean here?

Here חלק means part or some part.

So חלק ממנו means part of it or part of him, depending on what ממנו refers to.

In natural English, this whole phrase is often translated as part of it or some of it.

Why does Hebrew use ממנו here? Doesn’t that usually mean from him?

Yes, ממנו literally comes from the preposition מן / מ־ meaning from, plus a pronoun suffix.

But in Hebrew, מן is also often used in expressions that mean of in English, especially after words like חלק.

So:

• חלק ממנו = part of it / part of him
• literally, something like a part from it/him

This is completely normal Hebrew usage.

Can ממנו mean of it, not just of him?

Yes.

Hebrew does not have a separate everyday word for it the way English does. Instead, it uses the regular third-person pronouns based on grammatical gender.

So ממנו can refer to:

• him
• it for a masculine noun

If the thing referred to were feminine, Hebrew would usually use ממנה.

For example:

• הספר is masculine, so: חלק ממנו
• הכתבה is feminine, so: חלק ממנה