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hkn, hknˀ (hāḵan, hāḵanā) adv. thus, so
1
thus, so
CPA, Syr, JBAmb, Man
P Gn1:30↗ ܘܗܘܐ ܗܟܢܐ‏
2
this, this thing of such a sort
Syr, LJLA
SyrAhiq 4 356:5↗ ܒܗܟܢ ܓܘܢ‏ : this sort of manner ; TgEsth2sup05.1-03:2↗ מטול הכן מרדכי לא חמיט ולא סגיד‏ : because of this thing Mordecai was neither kneeling down nor bowing
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ܒܬܪ ܗܟܢ܂ ܡܢ ܒܬܪ ܗܟܢܐ : afterwards
Syr
IIMac7:17↗ ܘܠܙܪܥܟ ܡܢ ܒܬܪ ܗܟܢܐ ܢܫܢܩ‏ : we will torture you offspring afterwards
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See also s.v. hkyn which has been disambiguated from this form due to its clearly different final vowel. The vocalization of older defectively spelled forms is totally uncertain, but probably corresponds rather with hkyn.
Schulthess suggests the sole CPA form is a Syriac borrowing.

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