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hdn (hāḏēn) pron. this (m.)
this
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA, Syr)
4Q544..2.2↗ text not cited ; TgO Gen6:3↗ דָרָא בִישָא הָדֵין‏ : this wicked generation ; T-S K1.73 1.1:5↗ מזמן הדן כתבה‏ ; BR 81:2(2)↗ יכיל את מרים הדן עשבא מן ראשך‏ : are you able to take this grass off your head? ; TN Gen25:30↗ תבשילא סמוקא הדין‏ : this red stew ; CPA Eccl 7:19↗ ܡܢ ܗܕܢ ܠܐ ܬܣܐܒ ܐܝܕܟ‏ ; BT Ber 56a(3)↗ מאי חזינא בליליא הדין בחילמאי‏ : what shall I see tonight in my dream? ; PJ Gen3:24↗ עלמא הדין‏ ; CTLevi ar c B.5↗ יומא הדין‏
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before personal names in archival texts
Gal, JBAmb
JMP 2.1.R(33)↗ ואן הדה רחל כלתא תשׂנא להדן נתן בעלה‏ : should this bride Rachel hate this husband of hers, Nathan ; JMP 30.1.V(2)↗ הדין מבורך בר יפת‏ ; JBABowl 1.1:7↗ להדין אפרה בר שברדוך ולהדא בהמנדוך בת סמא‏
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Mand. archaic hazin and often confused with haizin; in Targum Sheni 7:5 the repeated form אדין would appear to be a play combining normative הדין with אידין "which one" in an attempt to reflect the unusual Biblical Hebrew terminology.
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Archaizing and/or dialectal in Eastern dialects.
NB: In CPA, this series of near demonstratives often needs to be translated as "that one" or simply "the" rather than "this" in English, for it is usually used simply when rendering the Greek article.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 153aDJBA: 362bJastrow: 315Drower/Macuch: 118aDCPA[Schulthess]: 95[49]

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