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dwkn, dwknˀ (dukkān, dukkānā) n.m. dais, platform
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dais, platform
Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Sam, JBAmb, LJLA, LJLAmag
QumNJ 5:1:2:13↗ text not cited ; TgJ Ez42:12↗ קְֹדָם דוּכָן לֵיוָאֵי אוֹרַח מַדנְחָא בְמַעֲלְנֵיהוֹן‏ : before the platform of the Levites on the eastern way as they come in † ; TNM Lev9:22↗ וקם אהרן על דוכנה‏ : Aaron stood on the dais † ; HP Sassoon(1) 43.14↗ קבע ליה דוכאנא לזבוני‏ : he set up a platform for selling ; PJ Num6:23↗ text not cited ; TgIIChron 7:6↗ וכהניא על מטרתהון קיימין וליואי על דוכנהון בזיני זמר‏ : the priests were standing in their watch (positions) with the Levites on their platform with musical instruments ; T.-S. K1.95 1:37↗ דוכ̊ן̊ שמיה רבא ה̊ד̊ין‏ : the platform of this great name of His
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shop [=Arabic usage]
JBAg
HP Sassoon(1) 43.14↗ קבע ליה דוכאנא לזבוני‏ : he set up a shop for selling
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Almost certainly from Akkadian (from Sumerian!) da/ukkānnu, "a small chamber or cell" (AHw 151, CAD T! p. 74 s.v. takkannu.
From this earlier loanword the Eastern forms dwkh, dwktˀ n.f. and dwk, dwkˀ n.m. subsequently developed.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 141aDJBA: 317bJastrow: 285Levy Ch-W: 1:164Tal Sam: 179Qumran: 51

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