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וְ־‏ conj. and, also

and, also Com. clause level initial Com. introducting a non-verb-initial sentence as a circumstantial clause Com. Ezra5:8 : הוּא מִתְבְּנֵא אֶבֶן גְּלָל וְאָע מִתְּשָׂם בְּכֻתְלַיָּא‏ it is being built of cut stone while wood is being placed in the walls. GenApoc 2.13 : באדין אנסת רוחהא ועמי תמלל ולי תאמר‏ then she controlled herself so she could speak and say to me. TgO Gen1:2 : וְאַרעָא הֲוָת צָדיָא וְרוֹקָניָא וַחֲשוֹכָא עַל אַפֵי תְהוֹמָא‏ the earth was formless and empty, with darkness over the surface of the deep. weak adversative: but, while Com. Dan2:44 : וְהִיא תְּקוּם לְעָלְמַיָּא‏ while it will last forever. w. introductory adverbial: so, then Com. Ezra5:17 : וּכְעַן הֵן עַל־מַלְכָּא טָב‏ so now if it pleases the king. Ezra6:2 : וְכֵן־כְּתִיב בְּגַוַּהּ‏ and thus is it written within it.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 169a; DJBA: 394a; Jastrow: 371; Levy Ch-W: 1:206; Tal Sam: 214; DNWSI: 294; DJA: 45a; Cook,Qumran: 67;

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[hwˀyl w_] conj. since