minim

1. a musical notation term denoting a half note in Latin; a note having the time value of two quarter notes or half of a whole note, represented by a ring with a stem. 2. a Hebrew word for genres; a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter. 3. a Hebrew term referring to sects within Judaism; the Birkat Haminim was written into the Amidah as the 12th benediction in the late first century to entice Jewish believers in Yeshua to leave the traditional synagogue. 4. minute or precise; referring to fine details in presentation 5. a Hebrew term referring to species, such as the seven species of Shavuot or the four species of Sukkot.