The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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כְּעַן‏ adv. now

now BA^Ezra, Nabatean, Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, LJLA. mn kˁn, מִכְעַן‏ : from now on, after that Nabatean, Qumran, JLAtg.

(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. enclitic particle of polite entreaty, often corresponding to Hebrew נָא‏ JLAtg, PTA, LJLA.

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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