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כְּעַן‏ adv. now

now BA^Ezra, Nabatean, Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, LJLA. Ezra5:16 : וְעַד־כְּעַן מִתְבְּנֵא וְלָא שְׁלִם‏ up until now it has been under construction but is not complete. GenApoc 19.13 : כען חלפנא ארענא ועלנא לארע בני חם‏ . TgJ Is9:16 : וְעַד כְעַן מְתַקְפִין מִרדֵיהוֹן‏ up until now they have been strengthening their rebellions. TN Gen38:25 : איתמר לי כען‏ I have now been told. PJ Ex9:3 : הא מחת ידא דייי הויא כען‏ a blow of the Lord's hand is going to happen now. mn kˁn, מִכְעַן‏ : from now on, after that Nabatean, Qumran, JLAtg. 4QTQah 1,2:1 : מן כען ולעד‏ from now on. TgJ 1Sam18:8 : וֻמִכְעַן לָא אִשתְאַרַת לֵיה עוֹד אְלָהֵין מַלכוּתָא‏ so after that nothing more was left to him except the kingship. TgJ Jer3:1 : וְתוּבִי מִכְעַן לְפֻלחָנִי‏ so from now on return to My worship.

(w./w.o. w_) : introducing direct discourse or a separate subject or logical consequence, often with a sense of polite request OfA^Gen, OfA^Eg-informal, OfA^Eg, OfA^Per, OfA^East, OfA^West, BA^Ezra, BA^Dan, Qumran, JLAtg, LJLA. Ezra4:13 : כְּעַן יְדִיעַ לֶהֱוֵא לְמַלְכָּא‏ now the King should know. Dan6:9 : כְּעַן מַלְכָּא תְּקִים אֱסָרָא‏ now then the King should establish a prohibition. 4Q537 A:3 : וכען סב לוחיא‏ so now take the tablets. TgO Gen3:22 : וֻכעַן דִלמָא יוֹשֵיט יֲדֵיה וְיִסַב אַף מֵאִילָן חַיַיָא‏ . PJ Gen4:11 : וכען חלף דקטלתיה ליט את‏ so now because you killed him you are cursed. enclitic particle of polite entreaty, often corresponding to Hebrew נָא‏ JLAtg, PTA, LJLA. TgO Gen13:14 : זְקוֹף כְעַן עֵינָך וֻחזִי‏ . GT C Gen31:44 : וְכַדּוּן אֶתָא כְעַן נְקַיֵּים קִיַים‏ [MT וְעַתָּה לְכָה נִכְרְתָה בְרִית]. PJ Gen3:18 : נקום כען ונלעי‏ let us get to work.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 266a; DJBA: 594a; Jastrow: 656; Levy Ch-W: 1:378; Tal Sam: 403; DNWSI: 526; DJA: 57b; Cook,Qumran: 117;

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