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אָן‏ adv./conj. where, wherever

where?, where is? Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. 11QtgJob 30.2=38:4 : אן הוית במעבדי ארעא‏ where were you when I made the Earth?. TgO Gen4:9 : אָן הַבַל אֲחוּך‏ Where is your brother Abel?. TN Gen37:16 : תני לי כען אן אנון רען‏ tell me now where they are herding. PJ Gen22:7 : הא אישתא וקיסין והאן אימרא לעלתא‏ here is the fire and some wood, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?. whither? (as a variant for or instead of לאן‏) PTA, Sam, LJLA. TN Deut1:28 : לאן/אן/ אנן סלקין‏ . TgPs139:7 : אן/האן/ אזיל מן קדם זעפך‏ . ܡܢ ܗܢ‏ : whence Gal, CPA, LJLA. PJ Gen16:8 : מן האן אנת אתיא ולאן תיזלין‏ where are you coming from and where are you going?. עד אן‏ : how long, until when? LJLA. TgPs13:2 : עד אן תטמור זיו אפך מיני‏ how long will You hide Your face from me?. הן דין‏ : where : = אֵי זֶה‏ LJLA. TgJob28:20 : והאן דין אתר ביונתא‏ where is wisdom’s place?. אן ד‏ : where is it that? JLAtg. TgJ Mal1:6 : וְאִם כְאָב אֲנָא אָן דְאַתוּן מְיַקְרִין קְֹדָמַי‏ if I am like a father, where is it that you honor me [MT אַיֵּה כְבוֹדִי].

conj. : where, wherever OA, OfA^Eg, Gal, CPA, Sam.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 166a; DJBA: 143a; Jastrow: 80; Levy Ch-W: 1:39; Tal Sam: 45a; DNWSI: 79; Cook,Qumran: 14;

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Derivatives:

lhn, lˀn (lhān, lˀān) adv. whither

mˀyn adv. whence

mnn, mnˀ adv. whence?