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כְּבַר‏ adv. already; perhaps

already, long since Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, Syr, BabMBK, JBA, Man, LJLA. GenApoc 22.23 : ברא מן די אכלו כבר עולימי‏ except for that which my lads have already eaten. TgJ 1Sam15:29 : כְבָר גְזִיר עְלָך‏ . PJ Gen19:34 : הא כבר שמישית רמשי עם איבא‏ look I already lay with dad last night. is it not the case that already ... ? LJLA. TgEsth² 5:14(8) : יתרמי קדם כלבין כבר דאסתתמו פום כלבין בארעא דמצרים‏ let him be thrown to the dogs; but is it not true that the mouth of the dogs was sealed up in the land of Egypt?.

perhaps JLAtg, Syr, LJLA. TgJ 1Sam2:1 : כְבָר שְמוּאֵל בְרִי עְתִיד לְמִהוֵי נְבִיָא עַל יִשרָאֵל‏ could my son Samuel really become the prophet over Israel!. TgEsth² 1:1(20) : כבר מתפני אבוך נבוכ׳ נצר‏ perhaps your father Nebuchadnezzar will return.

almost JLAtg, Syr. TgJ Jer38:9 : כְבָר מִית בְאֲתרֵיה מִן קְֹדָם כַפנָא‏ he has all but died in his place from famine.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 249b; DJBA: 550b; Jastrow: 609; Levy Ch-W: 1:351; Tal Sam: 376; Cook,Qumran: 109;

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