←
k_ prep. like
1
like, according to
Common (except: Syr)
Sf.1.a25↗ kmlkt ḥlm : like a kingdom of a dream (or: sand? corrupted context) ; IdumMarrDocument 5↗ כנומוס בנת[‏ : according to the custom of daughters ; TAD A4.7V.20↗ נשיא זילן כארמלה עבידין‏ : our wives were made like widows ; Ezra 6:9↗ חִנְטִין מְלַח חֲמַר וּמְשַׁח כְּמֵאמַר כָּהֲנַיָּא דִי־בִירוּשְׁלֶם‏ : wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the instruction of the priests who are in Jerusalem ; NabTomb 1:6↗ wmn yˁbd kˁyr mh dy ˁlˀ ktyb : whoever does other than like what is written above ; 4Q541 9.1:3↗ מאמרה כמאמר שמין ואלפונה כרעות אל‏ : his speech is like the speech of heaven and his teaching like the will of El ; Mur 20 R:3↗ כדין למ̇[שה‏ : according to the law of Moses ; TgO Gen4:17↗ וֻקרָא שְמַה דְקַרתָא כְשֹם בְרֵיה חֲנוֹך‏ ; SyrIncBowl 24.9↗ ܟܨܝܦܪ̈ܐ ܕܦܪܚܢ ܘܢܦܩܢ ܘܡܫܢܝܢ ܡܢ ܐܬܪ ܠܐܬ‍[‍ܪ ܗ‍]‍ܟ‍[‍ܢ‍]‍ܐ ܬܝܫܢܘܢ ܘܬܝܦܩܘܢ ܡܢ ܦܓܪܝܗ ܕ‍[‍ܒܪܝܡܐ ܒܪ ܥܙܕܢܕܘܟ‏ : like birds that leave and move from place to place thus may you depart and leave PN's body ; JBABowl 142.1:4↗ ונפיחי מעוהי כקשתא וגבולי ביה דמא וכיבא‏ : his belly is swollen up like a bow and blood and pain are formed in it ; PJ Gen3:5↗ ותיהוון כמלאכין רברבין דחכמין למינדע בין טב לביש‏ : you will become like great angels who know how to distinguish between good and evil
2
about (with numeral)
OA, JLAtg, PTA, Sam
BarRak.3.3↗ kšlšn 30 | mlk[n : about 30 kings ; TgJ Jud20:31↗ כִתלָתִין גֻברָא בְיִשׂרָאֵל‏ : about 30 men in Israel ; TN Ex12:37↗ כשתין רבבוון דגברין רגליין‏ : about 60 myriads of foot-soldiers ; SamTgJ Ex32:28↗ כתלתה אלפים גבר‏ ; SamTgJ Num11:31↗ וכאמתים על אפי ארעה‏ : about two cubits over the ground
3
conj.
Sam
(1)
as conj. : as if
Sam
Marqe 2.198-200↗ וימה כאמר ٠٠٠ ומשה כאמר לה‏ : while it was as if the sea said ... as if Moses said to him
(2)
(w. infinitive) just as, when
Sam
SamTgJ Gen12:14↗ והוה כמיעל אברם למצרים‏ : then when Abram came into Egypt ; SamTgJ Num11:25↗ כשרו עליון רוחה‏ : when the spirit landed on them [Heb.: כנוח]
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In standard Syriac ܐܝܟ‏ is used instead and in standard JBA and Mandaic generally orthographically merged with ky < kdy "when."
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Extremely rare (if at all?) in Syriac, other than in JBA-influenced magical texts, perhaps, when pronounced with a prothetic vowel, as a shorthand for ܐܝܟ. Samaritan often (< Hebrew) for hyk, ˀyk conj.
Note that this is treated by DJBA s.v. כי.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 569Jastrow: 605Levy Ch-W: 1:349Tal Sam: 372DNWSI: 482DJA: 56aQumran: 109

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