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kˁyn (kˁēn) prep. like, similar to
1
like the appearance of
JLAtg, Sam
TgJ Ez1:4↗ וֻמִגוֹ עֲנָנָא וֻמִגוֹ עַלעוּלָא כְעֵין חַשמְלָא מִגוֹ אִישָתַא‏ : out of the cloud and out of the whirlwind it was something like the look of [MT: כְּעֵין] electrum out of the fire ; TgJ Ez1:7↗ text not cited ; SamTgJ Num11:7↗ ועינה כעין בדלה‏ : its color is like the color of bdellium
2
like, similar to
JLAtg, JBAmb, JBA, LJLA
TgO Deut33:28↗ כְעֵין בִרכְתָא דְבָרֵיכִינוּן יַעֲקֹב אֲבוּהוֹן‏ : similarly to the blessing that their father Jacob blessed them with ; AfO51 11 כעין עורבין קלילין‏ : like swift ravens ; BT BM 4a(42)↗ תקינו רבנן שבועה כעין דאוריתא‏ : the rabbis instituted an oath similar to that of the Torah ; PJ Deut33:28↗ text not cited
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