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ˀn, hn (ˀān, hān) adv./conj. where, wherever
1
where?, where is?
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBA, LJLA
11QtgJob 30.2=38:4↗ אן הוית במעבדי ארעא‏ : where were you when I made the Earth? ; TgO Gen4:9↗ אָן הַבַל אֲחוּך‏ : Where is your brother Abel? ; EchR[1]55(4)↗ אן הוא רבכון‏ : where is your teacher? ; TN Gen37:16↗ תני לי כען אן אנון רען‏ : tell me now where they are herding ; CPA Is36:19↗ ܗܢ ܗܘ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܚܡܬ ܘܕܐܪܦܕ‏ : where is the god of Hamath and Arpad? ; SamTgJ Gen19:5↗ אהן גבריה דאתו לידך‏ : where are the men who came to your place? ; BT Šab 30a(11)↗ אן היא חכמתך ואן היא סכלתנותך‏ : where is your wisdom, and where is your intelligence? ; PJ Gen22:7↗ הא אישתא וקיסין והאן אימרא לעלתא‏ : here is the fire and some wood, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?
(1)
whither? (as a variant for or instead of לאן)
PTA, Sam, LJLA
TN Deut1:28↗ לאן"אן" אנן סלקין‏ ; Marqe 3.646↗ האן איזל והאן אטמר מן רגזך‏ : whither can I go and where can I hide from Your anger? ; TgPs139:7↗ אן"האן" אזיל מן קדם זעפך‏
(2)
mn hn : whence
Gal, CPA, LJLA
EchRB[1]126(5)↗ מן הן אתית‏ : where have you come from? ; Hom2 10.2:22↗ ܡܢ ܗܢ ܐܬ ܡܘܕܥ ܠܝ‏ : from where are you known to me? ; PJ Gen16:8↗ מן האן אנת אתיא ולאן תיזלין‏ : where are you coming from and where are you going?
(3)
עד אן : how long, until when?
LJLA
TgPs13:2↗ עד אן תטמור זיו אפך מיני‏ : how long will You hide Your face from me?
(4)
הן דין : where : = אֵי זֶה
LJLA
TgJob28:20↗ והאן דין אתר ביונתא‏ : where is wisdom’s place?
(5)
אן ד : where is it that?
JLAtg
TgJ Mal1:6↗ וְאִם כְאָב אֲנָא אָן דְאַתוּן מְיַקְרִין קְֹדָמַי‏ : if I am like a father, where is it that you honor me [MT אַיֵּה כְבוֹדִי]
2
conj. : where, wherever
OA, OfAEg, Gal, CPA, Sam
Sf.1.b42↗ ...] ṭllh ˀw sḥh ˀw blh ˀn trḥm : ... cover(??) it or remove it or carry it where you like ; TAD B2.6 R.25↗ ותהך לה אן זי צבית ולא‏ : she may go wherever she wishes ; BR 44:12(1)↗ הן דאת קטר לולבך‏ : where you tie your lulav ; PTShvi 38.d:32[2]↗ אזל ואטמריה הן דדכי‏ : he went and interred it where he had purified ; CPA Matta1:8020↗ ܗܢ ܓܪ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܐܐ݁ ܬܠܬܐ ܟܢܝܫܝܢ ܒܫܝܡܝ ܕܝܠܝ܂܂ ܬܡܢ ܐܢܐ ܒܡܨܥܬܗܘܢ‏ : for wherever two or three gather in my name, I am there in their midst ; Lag(285) Matt6:20↗ ܘܗܢ ܕܠܝܬ݁ ܓܢܒ̈ܝܢ ܚܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܘܓܢܒܝܢ‏ : and where no thieves break into and steal
(1)
ܡܢ ܗܢ, מהן, מנן : from where
Gal, CPA, Sam
PTDem 22.b:5[2]↗ מנן שמע ר׳ הדא מילתא‏ ; Lag(306) Matt25:26↗ ܝܕܥ ܗܘܝܬ ܕܐܢܐ ܚܨܕ ܡܢ ܗܢ ܕܠܐ ܙܪܥܬ݁‏ : you know that I reap from where I did not sow ; SamTgJ Num23:27↗ אסבנך לאתר עורן מהן יתכשר בחזות האלהים‏ : let me take you to a different place from where having a divine vision will be proper
(2)
כולהן : wherever
Gal
PTŠab 3.a:17[2]↗ כולהן דתנינן מנחה מנחה וכלהן דתנינן חשיכה חשיכה‏
3
ܗܢ ܕ : as prep. : the place of, near [Greek semi-calque]
CPA
CPA Is15:2↗ ܗ݀ܢ ܕܒܘܡܣ̈ܝܟܘܢ ܬܡ݁ܢ ܬܝܣ̈ܩܘܢ ܕܬܝܒܟ̈ܘܢ‏ : where your altars are [LXX: οὗ ὁ βωμὸς ὑμῶν] you will go up to weep ; LESC 77.2:1↗ ܗܢ ܕܬܪܥܐ‏ ; Lag(379) John11:32↗ ܘܢܦܠܬ݁ ܗܢ ܕܪ̈ܝܓܠܘܝ‏ : she fell at his feet
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CPA usually ܗܢ; once ܐܢ; Sam. אהן; האן ; LJLA often האן ; JPA 1X (Hebraizing) אנה for "whither"
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In JBA, only dialectal; see s.v. hykˀ. Several Old Aramaic instances of hn in economic documents may be this word rather than the conjunction "if".
Some or all of the Sam. and LJLA spellings with internal aleph may well reflect a form preceded by hˀ interj.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 166aDJBA: 143aJastrow: 80Levy Ch-W: 1:39Tal Sam: 45aDNWSI: 79DCPA[Schulthess]: [12]Qumran: 14
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