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kˀn (kēn) adj. just
1
just, honest
Syr, Man
P Gn42:11↗ ܘܟܐ̈ܢܐ ܚܢܢ‏ ; Rom3:10↗ ܕ݁ܠܲܝܬ݁ ܟܼ݁ܐܢܵܐ܂ ܐܵܦ݂ܠܵܐ ܚܲܕ݂‏ : there is no one righteous, not even one
2
(of inanimates)
Syr
(1)
(of a situation or status) fair, deserved, proper
Syr
EphFid 65:2.5↗ ܙܕܩ ܕܡܢ ܐܝܟܐ ܕܝܠܦܢ ܐܢܫܘܬܗ ܟܐܢܐ ܗܝ ܕܡܢ ܬܡܢ ܢܒܥܐ ܐܠܗܘܬܗ‏ : it is right that whence we have learned his humanity it is proper that thence we should seek his divinity ; SoulBody 12↗ ܘܲܐܝܟܲܢ ܟܼܐܢܵܐ ܕܸܐܢܵܐ ܠܐܼܝܬ ܘܲܐܓܪܵܐ ܕܠܸܐܘܲܬܝ ܐܲܢ̄ܬܝ ܬܸܣܒܼܝܘܗܝ‏ : how is it fair that I toiled and you take the payment for my toil?
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firm
Syr
(1)
ܟܐܢܐ ܗܘܬ ܠ : to flourish
Syr
GeZA8 6:9 ܟܕ ܟܐܢܐ ܗܘܬ ܠܡܠܟܘܬܗܘܢ‏ : when their kingdom flourished
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Probably from Akkadian kēnu, kīnu with the same meaning; see CAD K p. 389.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 594[321]Drower/Macuch: 213bJ. Payne-Smith: 202Audo: 1:448

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