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עַל־כֵּן‏ conj. therefore

therefore, that is why OfA^Eg, JLAtg, Sam, LJLA. TgO Gen20:6 : עַל כֵין לָא שְבַקתָך לְמִקרַב לְוָתַה‏ therefore I did not allow you to come near her. MegAntioch 64 : עַל כֵן קַיִימוּ בְנֵי חַשמוּנַאי הַדֵין קְיָימָא‏ . אְרֵי עַל כֵין‏ because [Heb. calque] JLAtg. TgJ Jud6:22 : אְרֵי עַל כֵין חְזֵיתִי מַלאְכָא דַיְיָ אַפִין בְאַפִין‏ becauseI have seen the Lord's angel face to face. TgJ Jer38:4 .

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