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hkdyn adv. is it so?
1
is it so?
JLAtg
TgJ Jud5:16↗ הַכְדֵין כָשַר לְכוֹן לְמַעְבַד‏ : is it proper for you to do so? ; TgJ Jud5:16tos↗ text not cited ; TgJ 1Sam21:15var.↗ \הָא כַד "הכדין" חְזֵיתוֹן דִגבַר שָטֵי הוּא‏ : now when (var.: is it that?) you have seen that he is a mad man ; TgJ 2Sam20:18↗ הַכְדֵין הְוָה לָך לְמִשאַל בְאָבֵל אִם מַשלְמִין‏ : was this the way you were supposed to ask of GN if they surrender?
2
how?
LJLA
PJ Gen26:9↗ והיכדין אמרת אחתי היא‏ : so how did you say "she is my sister"? ; PJ Deut7:17↗ היכדין אית לי יוכלא לתרכותהון‏ : how do I have the ability to drive them out?
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LJLA properly הכדין to distinguish from #1 but often confused
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