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אֵיכְדֵּין‏ adv. how possibly?

how possibly (expecting a negative answer!) JLAtg, Gal, PTA, LJLA. TgO Gen26:9 : וְאֵיכְדֵין אֲמַרת אֲחָת הִיא‏ how could you say she is a sister!?. TN Gen39:9 : והיכדין אעבד בישתא רבתא הדא‏ how could I possibly do this great evil?. TN Ex6:12 : והיכדין ישמע מני פרעה ואנה חגר/קשי/ ממלל‏ how could Pharaoh possibly hear from me, when I am a stammerer. TgQoh4:11 : אאין דמכן תרין גבר ואינתתיה ושחין להון בסיתוא ולחד איכדין ישחן‏ if two -- a man and a woman -- lie together, they are warm in winter, but how can one person possibly get warm?.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 164b; Jastrow: 48; Levy Ch-W: 1:24;

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