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kdw, kdwn (kaddū, kaddūn) adv. now; enough
1
now, this time
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Jud5:8↗ וְכַדוּ דְתָבוּ לְאוֹרָיתָא‏ : now that they have returned to the Torah ; TN Gen16:5↗ וכדו חמית דלית אנה ילדה‏ : now I have seen that I am not going to give birth ; Marqe 1.04↗ ידע מה הוה ומה כדו ומה יהי‏ : He knows what was, what is now, and what will be ; BT Suk 44b(25)↗ כדו הויתי דאיר בקרתא דא ארבעין שנין‏ : I have been dwelling now in this city forty years ; BT Ned 21b(24)↗ כדו תהית‏ : do you now regret it now? ; PJ Num12:12↗ וכדו מטת זימנא למיפק‏ : now the time to go out has come
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ˁd : until now, until then
PTA, CPA
TN Gen2:5↗ ואדם עד כדון"כען" לא את<<ברי>>‏ ; TN Gen31:14↗ הא עד כדון אית לנא חלק ואחסנא בביתא דאבונן‏ : have we had any portion or inheritance in our father's house until now? ; FMSD 20.1:13↗ ܐܪܡܐܝ ܕܝ ܗܘܐ ܥܕ ܟܕܘ ܕܠܐ ܢܣܒ ܡܨܒܘܥܝܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ‏ : up until then he had been a pagan who had not accepted the sacrament of baptism
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(gram.) present real tense
Syr
ET 31:12 ܡ̈ܠܐ ܒܙܒܢܐ ܕܥܒܪ ܘܟܕܘ܂ ܘܠܐ ܦܩܘܕܐܝܬ܂ ܘܠܐ ܕܩܝ̈ܡܢ ܘܠܐ ܕܥܬܝ̈ܕܢ‏ : verbs in the past or present tense, and not imperative and not general present/future and not future
2
enough!; sufficiently
Syr
OS MtSin10:25↗ ܟܕܘ ܠܗ ܠܬܠܡܝܕܐ ܕܢܗܘܐ ܐܝܟ ܪܒܗ‏ ; P Gn30:15↗ ܠܐ ܟܕܘ ܠܟܝ ܕܕܒܪܬܝ ܒܥܠܝ‏ : was it not enough for you that you took away my husband? ; P Prov30:16↗ ܐܪܥܐ ܠܐ ܣܒܥܐ ܡ̈ܝܐ܂ ܘܢܘܪܐ ܠܐ ܐܡܪܐ ܟܕܘ‏ : the earth never gets enough water and fire never says that is enough!
(1)
already
Syr, JBA
BT Suk 44b(25)↗ כדו הויתי דאיר בקרתא דא ארבעין שנין‏ : I have been dwelling now in this city forty years
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up until now : see s.v. mn kdw adv.
CPA, Syr
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it is now clear
Gal
PTSan 22.c:56[2]↗ כדון קטול כדון קטל‏ : clearly one has been killed and clearly the other one killed
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ܘܟܕܘ : and that is all, only, alone
Syr
JSBhom 74:83↗ ܠܲܘ ܣܸܒܠܬܵܐ ܘܟܲܕܽܘ ܬܸܫܡܲܥ ܡܸܢ ܩܸܪܝܵܢܵܐ‏ : it is not simply a ladder that you should hear from scripture
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ܒܠܚܘܕ ܘܟܕܘ : idem
Syr
JulSok 159(76):10↗ ܠܘ ܕܝܢ ܠܟܘܢ ܒܠܚܘܕ ܘܟܕܘ݂܂ ܐܠܐ ܐܦ ܠܒܢܝ̈ܟܘܢ ܘܠܒ̈ܢܝ ܒܢܝ̈ܟܘܢ݂‏ : it is not just for you alone, but also for your children and children's children
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modality indicator corresponding to Hebrew נָא
LJLA
TgJob1:11↗ וברם אושיט כדון מחת ידך‏ : [=MT וְאוּלָם שְׁלַח־נָא יָדְךָ]
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JPA also כדון with final added nasal, as is the case there with most common words originally ending in a stressed long vowel.
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From kd + hw. Compare English "when" in the expression "say when!"

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