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kˀn adv. here
1
here
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, CPA, JBA, LJLA
QumNJ 2:6::3↗ מ̇ן̇ כאן‏ : from here ; TgJ 1K18:10var.↗ לָא הֲוָה כָא"כאן"‏ : he was not here ; PTShvi 33.c:57[2]↗ וכן אתינן מתני{ת׳}‏ ; BT Zev 56a(32)↗ סמי מכאן‏ : eliminate from here ; TgRuth2:7↗ ואיתעכבת כאן מקדם צפרא עד כען‏ : she has stayed here from before morning until now
2
now (i.e., = כען)
LJLA
TgEsth2 1:12↗ עד כאן לא חזא אנש גופי אלא את מלכא בלחודך‏ : up to now no man has seen my body except you alone, king
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מכאן ואילך : from now on
JBA
BT Ber 53b(20)↗ text not cited
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This word, a nunated form of kˀ > kh, is late Rabbinic Hebrew, itself borrowed from Palestinian Aramaic (see the Qumran example) and borrowed back in later texts.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 549bJastrow: 606Levy Ch-W: 1:350DISO: 122DCPA[Schulthess]: 180[]Qumran: 109

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