The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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אֲרוּ‏ conj./int. behold, here

presentative particle BA^Dan, Qumran. Dan7:2 : חָזֵה הֲוֵית בְּחֶזְוִי עִם־לֵילְיָא וַאֲרוּ אַרְבַּע רוּחֵי שְׁמַיָּא מְגִיחָן לְיַמָּא רַבָּא‏ I was watching in my night-time vision and there were the four winds of heaven stirring up the great sea. CTLevi ar b B.19 : ארי זרע קדיש אנת וקדיש זרעך היך קודשא ארו כהין קדיש אנת מתקרי‏ .

because, since Qumran.

The single LJLA example (CTLevi ar b) must be seen as a survival from the original Qumran text (or simply an error for ארי?) rather than an indication of LJLA usage.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DNWSI: 104; Cook,Qumran: 22;

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Derivatives:

ˀrwm conj. because, since

ˀrwm ˀlhn conj. except if