Understanding and application

How do مَعَ and مَنْ differ in الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ?

Intention, sincere goodwill, and a first nominal sentence (Hadith 1–7)

• Both mean “toward”
• مَعَ means “with”; مَنْ means “the one whom”
• مَعَ is a verb and مَنْ is past tense
• Both only mark a plural