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ˀdyn conj./adv. then, at that time
then, at that time
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in past contexts
OfAEg, OfAPer, BAEzra, BADan, Qumran, Sam, LJLA
TAD B2.8 R.4↗ אדין מומאה מטאה עליכי וימאתי לי עליהם‏ : at that time an oath came upon you and you swore to me concerning them ; TAD B3.6 R.1↗ ב20 סיון הו יום 7 לפמנחתף שנת 38 ארתחשסש מלכא אדן אמר משלם בר זכור‏ : on the 20th of Sivan, which is the seventh of Phamenoth, 38th year of king RN, then PN said ; TAD A6.10 .1↗ וכעת קדמן כזי מצריא מרדו אדין סמשך פקידא קדמיא גרדא ונכסיא זילנא [זי] במצרין חסין נטר‏ : Now: previously when the Egyptians rebelled, at that time PN, the former overseer, carefully watched over our farm and property which is in Egypt ; Ezra 4:23↗ אֱדַיִן מִן־דִּי פַּרְשֶׁגֶן נִשְׁתְּוָנָא דִּי אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּ מַלְכָּא קֱרִי‏ : then, after the copy of King Artaxerxes had been read ; Dan 2:17↗ אֱדַיִן דָּנִיֵּאל לְבַיְתֵהּ אֲזַל‏ : then Daniel went to his house
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preceding casus pendans
BADan
Dan 5:6↗ אֱדַיִן מַלְכָּא זִיוֹהִי שְׁנוֹהִי‏ : then the king's appearance changed
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)dyn zy : when [sic!]
OfAEast
ADAB C.1:R:102↗ ˀdyn zy ˁdh mn bḥtry ˁl ẇrnw : when he went away from Bactria to GN
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in future contexts
OfAEg, BAEzra, Qumran, Sam, LJLA
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .127↗ אדין תאכל ותשבע ותנתן לבניך‏ : then you shall eat and be satisfied and provide for your children ; Ezra 5:5↗ וֶאֱדַיִן יְתִיבוּן נִשְׁתְּוָנָא עַל־דְּנָה‏ : then they should return a response about this ; TgPs119:6var.↗ אדין לא אבהית באסתכלותי לכל פיקודך‏ : [=MT: אָז לֹא־אֵבוֹשׁ בְּהַבִּיטִי אֶל־כָּל־מִצְוֹתֶיךָ׃]
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OfA also אדן . Possibly appears as ˁz in Samalian and ˁzy in OA; q.v.
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In Samaritan also used with imperfect verb in past context following Biblical Hebrew usage.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: Tal Sam: 8,10DNWSI: 13Qumran: 3

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