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kmh (kəmā, [kammā]) adv. how much
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how much, how many (interrog)
Common Aramaic
TgJ 2Sam19:35↗ כַמָא יוֹמֵי שְנֵי חַיַי‏ : how many are the days of my lifetime? ; EchRL[1]67(15)↗ כמה שעין בליליא‏ : how many hours are there in the night? ; PTBer 5.c:46[2]↗ בכמן ^הדין^ ליטרתא‏ : for how much is this pound (of meat) ? ; CPA Psalms118:84↗ ܟܡܐ ܗܢܘܢ ܝܘܡܝ ܕܥܒܕܟ‏ ; OS MtSin18:21↗ ܟܡܐ ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ ܐܢ ܢܣܟܠ ܒܝ ܐܚܝ܂ ܐܫܒܘܩ ܠܗ܂ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܫ̈ܒܥ‏ : how many times should I forgive my brother if he sins against me? up to seven? ; P 4Ezra 4:7↗ ܟܡܐ ܐܘܨܪ̈ܐ ܐܝܬ ܒܠܒܗ ܕܝܡܐ܃ ܐܘ ܟܡܐ ܡܒ̈ܘܥܐ ܐܝܬ ܒܪܝܫܗ ܕܬܗܘܡܐ܃ ܐܘ ܟܡܐ ܫܒ̈ܝܠܝܢ ܐܝܬ ܠܥܠ ܡܢ ܪܩܝܥܐ‏ ; BT Ker 10b(24)↗ וכמה פרוטי‏ : how many peruṭoth ; BT Nid 59a(31)↗ כמ׳ מיני דמא‏ : many types of blood ; JohnBook 2:8↗ umn arqa lqumba ḏrqiha rauma kma hauia : how high is it from the ground to the top of the sky? ; Tobit(Med) 14.2 chap 10↗ כמה יומין יכיל למיזל לקבלא כספא וכמה יומין למהדר‏ : how many days he could go given the money and how many to return
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how much! such a long time!
JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man
TgJ Zec7:3↗ הֲאַמנַע נַפשִי מִתַפנוּקִין כְמָא דַעֲבַדִית דְנָן כַמָא שְנִין‏ : shall I refrain from enjoyable things as I have done now for so many years ; BT Er 65a(37)↗ כמה נינם בהנך יומי דאריכי וקטיני‏ : I shall sleep a long time in those days of the 'graves' ; SidraDNishmata 83.124:15 ↗ kma šapiria šitlia ḏštal uaqim iardna : how seemly are the plants that the Jordan planted and established! ; Pishra D-ainia 807 ↗ kma šapiran šapirata ukma triṣ mišti^a^iin : how seemly are the beautiful maidens, and how straight is their weaving!
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a large amount
Gal
PTŠvu 38.d:59[2]↗ אפי׳ דאת יהב לי כמה‏ : even if you give me a large amount
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ܟܡܐ ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ, ܟܡܐ ܫܢ̈ܝܢ : many times, many years
Syr
OS MtCur17:15↗ ܟܡܐ ܓܝܪ ܙܒ̈ܢܝܢ ܒܢܘܪܐ ܢܦܠ܂ ܘܟܡܐ ܙܒ̈ܢܝܢ ܒܡ̈ܝܐ‏ : for many times he fell into the fire and many times into the water ; P Ze7:3↗ ܐܝܟ ܡܐ ܕܥܒܕ ܗܘܝܬ ܗܐ ܟܡܐ ܫܢ̈ܝܢ‏ : as I have been doing now for many years
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rhetorical: with an adj. , adv. or verb : how much x ? = so much!
BADan, Qumran, Syr
Dan 3:33↗ אָתוֹהִי כְּמָה רַבְרְבִין וְתִמְהוֹהִי כְּמָה תַקִּיפִין‏ : how numerous are his signs, how powerful his wonders ; 4Q242 B..4↗ ٠٠٠ ]כ̇מה דמא אנתה‏ : how much you resemble ; GenApoc 20.3↗ כמא רקיק לה שער ראישה כמא יאין להון לה עיניהא‏ : how fine is her hair! how beautiful her eyes! ; TgJ Hab3:2var.↗ כמא רַברְבִין עוּבָדָך‏ ; OS LkSin12:28↗ ܡܠܒܫ ܟܡܐ ܝܬܝܪܐܝܬ ܠܟܘܢ‏ : how much the more so will he clothe you ; Addai.16.25↗ ܕܬܕܥܘܢ݂ ܘܬܬܒܝܢܘܢ ܟܡܐ ܪܒܐ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܗ‏ : that you know and understand how great is his faith
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ellipt. : a certain amount, somewhat, a few
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Zec7:3↗ כְמָא דַעֲבַדִית דְנָן כַמָא שְנִין‏ : as I have done for some years now
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ܟܡܐ ܟܡܐ very much, how very much
Syr
PO8 362:5 ܡܨܪܦܢܝܬܐ ܟܡܐ ܟܡܐ ܐܝܬܝܗ݀ ܘܚܪܝܦܬܐ‏ : how very bitter tasting it was and sharp ; GregOr 41 51.7.10↗ ܡܬܛܦܝܣ ܐܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܕܟܡܐ ܟܡܐ ܒܗܢܐ ܡܫܘܬܦܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ‏ : for I am convinced how much you are partakers in this one
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ܠܐ ܟܡܐ ܟܡܐ ܕ : not at all
Syr
PO8 359:7 ܘܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܐ ܟܡܐ ܟܡܐ ܛ݂ܠܢܝܬܐ ܕܒܛܘܦܣܐ܃ ܕܒܝܕ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܬܝ݁ܩܢܝܘܗܝ ܠܫܪܪܐ‏ : the shadow of the symbolism is not at all able to represent the truth through all these
(2)
ܟܡܐ ܠܟܡܐ : how much the more so
Syr
Kays 245:9↗ ܡ݂ܢ ܐܪܥܐ ܡܕܝܢ ܟܡܐ ܠܟܡܐ ܪܒ‏
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ܚܕ ܠܟܡܐ܂ ܚܕܐ ܠܟܡܐ : sometimes, once in a (rare) while
Syr
ASLag 186:27 ܚܕܐ ܠܟܡܐ ܥܛܦܝܢ ܘܒܗܘܢ ܡܬܒܩܝܢ‏ : sometimes they return and examine them ; BhKJ 95:13 ܚܕܚܕܢ̈ܐ ܚܕܐ ܠܟܡܐ ܡܫܬܘܝܢ ܠܗ‏ : a few, once in a while, merit it ; JbEd BTr 407.1:23↗ ܥܠ ܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܢܚ݁ܬ ܬܠܓܐ ܣܓܝܐܝܬ ܒܦܩ̈ܥܬ̤܂ ܕܝܢ ܚܕܐ ܠܟܡܐ‏ : snow falls much on mountains but only rarely in the plains ; JbEd BTr 453.1:20↗ ܘܚܕ ܠܟܡܐ ܡܬܚܘܝܐ ܡܥܒܕܢܘܬܐ ܕܠܐ ܓܫܘܡ‏ : once in a while a non-physical action is demonstrated
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the more that, however much
Syr, Man
M.b.Serapion 45:26↗ ܟܡܐ ܕܩܢܝܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܣܓܐ݂܂ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ‏ : for the more that property increases, so does evil increase
(1)
ܟܡܐ ܐܢ : no matter how much
Syr
IAB 477:5 ܘܟܡܐ ܐܢ ܢܥܫܢ ܢܗܪܐ܃ ܠܐ ܡܬܛܒܥܝܢ ܝܠܘ̈ܕܐ‏ : no matter how strong the river may be the children do not drown
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kmh d_ : see s.v. kmh conj.
Common Aramaic
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Qumran also כמן ; CPA also ܟܡܢ; Mandaic kma and augmented: hakma, hakima
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The Aramaic form of this word is kəmā, but most vocalized targum manuscripts and prints point it following Biblical Hebrew כַּמָּה.
At Qumran, the form without nun is used mostly for the rhetorical function, while the form with nun is literal.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 628[330]DJPA: 261aDJBA: 585aJastrow: 645Drower/Macuch: 218a, 17bPayne-Smith: 1980J. Payne-Smith: 216Levy Ch-W: 1:368DCPA[Schulthess]: 179[94]Qumran: 115

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