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kmh d_ conj. just as
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just as
JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, JBAg, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen7:16↗ דְכַר וְנוּקבָא מִכֹל בִסרָא עָלוּ כְמָא דְפַקֵיד יָתֵיה‏ : male and female from each species they entered, just as He had commanded him ; PTMaSh 55.b:42[2]↗ כמה דבר נש הוי הוא חלים‏ : just as a person is, he will dream ; FTP Ex21:413↗ כמא דחמיתון ית מצראי יומא דין‏ : just as you have seen the Egyptians today ; SamTgJ Gen21:1↗ ויהוה דכר ית שרה כמד אמר‏ : the Lord remembered Sarah as he had said ; P Ex1:17↗ ܘܕܚ݂ܠ ܚܝ̈ܬܐ ܡܢ ܐܠܗܐ܂ ܘܠܐ ܥܒܕ ܝܟ/ܐܟܡܐ/ ܕܐܡ݂ܪ ܡ݁ܠܟܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ‏ ; JBAmb2 12:13↗ וכריכנא̊ יתכי כמא ד[י]כרך כרכין תקיפין‏ : I wrap you up, just as strong walled cities are surrounded ; PJ Gen50:12↗ ועבדו בנוי ליה היכדין כמה דפקידינון‏ : his sons did like that to him, just as he had commanded them
(1)
just as much as
Gal, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man
BR 452:6(1)↗ כמה דיהבון לך הון יהבין לי‏ : they should give me just as much as they gave you ; Marqe 5.265↗ וכמה דהוו עגלין יתה כן הוא הוה עגל יתון‏ : as much as they were looking at him so he was looking at them ; BT Šab 128b(46)↗ כמה דאיפשר לשנויי משנינן‏ : we change it as much as it is possible to change ; Šarḥ Ddukrana ... 632↗ kma ḏmṣia hailaikun : as much as [as long as?] your strength can
(1)
as long as
Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man
OS MtSin9:15↗ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܝܢ ܒ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܕܓܢܘܢܐ ܠܡܛܪ ܐܒܠܐ ܟܡܐ ܕܚܬܢܐ ܥܡܗܘܢ‏ : the wedding guests are not able to keep mourning as long as the groom is with them ; Syr-RomLaw.31.19↗ ܠܐ ܚܝܒ ܐܢܫ ܠܚܒܪܗ ܟܡܐ ܕܥܡ ܚܕ̈ܕܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܘܩܝܡܐ ܫܘܬܦܘܬܗܘܢ܂ ܕܢܟܬܘܒ ܕܘܪܐܐ ܠܚܒܪܗ‏ : one person is not obligated to write a deed of gift to the other as long as they are together and their cohabitation continues ; BT BM 73b(9)↗ דכמה דלא מסלקי בזוזי, לא שקלי אגר ביתא‏ : as long as they do not come up with the money, they cannot take the house's rent ; Šarḥ Ddukrana ... 625↗ kma msaikitun ni^š^mata ḏmandaiia
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ܟܠ ܟܡܐ ܕ : just as long as
Syr, JBA
IIMac14:10↗ ܟܠ ܟܡܐ ܓܝܪ ܕܝܗܘܕܐ ܚܝ ܕܢܗܘܐ ܫܠܡܐ ܒܐܪܥܢ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚ‏ : for as long as Judah lives it is impossible for there to be peace in our land ; BT Beṣ 30a(9)↗ כל כמה דאפשר לשנויי משנינן‏ : we change it as much as is possible to change it ; BT Sot 20b(22)↗ התם כל כמה דלא מקרבא לא מפקיד דינא עלה‏ : in that case as long as she does not sacrifice, the law does not apply to her
(2)
the more that
JLAtg, Syr, Man
TgJ Hos7:15↗ וֻכמָא דַאֲנָא מֵיתֵי יִסוּרִין וֻמתַקֵיף עַל דְרָעֵיהוֹן כֵין אַף אִנוּן מוֹסְפִין לְחַשָבָא קְֹדָמַי בִישָן‏ : the more that I bring punishments and harm their arms they too do more to think badly of Me ; OS MkSin7:36↗ ܟܡܐ ܕܗܘ ܡܦܩܕ ܗܘܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܗܢܘܢ ܝܬܝܪܐܝܬ ܡܟܪܙܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܗ‏ : the more he would command them the more excessively they would proclaim it ; AM 34:18↗ ukma ḏqaiiš šapralẖ : the older he gets the better for him
(1)
ܟܡܐ ܕ܂܂܂ ܟܡܐ : the more ... the more
Syr
(3)
(ˀyk) kmˀ d : inasmuch as
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Jer5:19↗ כְמָא דִשבַקתוּן פֻלחָנִי‏ : because you abandoned My service ; TgJ Mi3:4↗ כְמָא דְאַבאִישוּ עוּבָדֵיהוֹן‏ : inasmuch as they acted badly ; TB 2:4.28↗ ܒܪ ܐܢܫܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܟܡܐ ܕܒܪ ܐܢܫܐ ܗܘ‏ : but a human being, inasmuch as he is a human being
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+ ܐܢ
Syr
JulSok 25(9):28↗ ܘܟܡܐ ܐܢ ܡܥܨܐ ܕܢܬܟܬܫ ܥܡܟܘܢ‏ : as much as he tries hard to struggle with you
(2)
just when, when (=MT כאשׁר)
Sam, LJLA
SamTgJ Gen18:33↗ ואזל יהוה כמד אסכם לממלל עם אברהם‏ : the Lord went when he had finished speaking with Abraham ; PJ Gen12:11↗ והוה כמא דקריב למיעל לתחום מצרים‏ : when he was about to enter Egyptian territory
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_ : as if
Gal, JBA, JBAg
PTKet 28.d:48[2]↗ ומסבין ליה איתא כמה דהיא שמשא‏ : they take him a wife as if she were a servant ; BT Šab 54a(42)↗ משו׳ דמחזי כמאן דאזיל לחינגא‏ : because he looks as if he is (or: like someone) going to a market ; BT Yev 71a(30)↗ אע׳ג דמ{י}ה<י>לי כמאן דלא מהילי דאמו‏ : even though they are circumcised, they are considered as if they are not circumcised
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Sam כמד ; JBA כמאנ ד ; Mandaic can be without d_
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As with many such words, the line between adverb and conjunction is blurry in Semitic.
Note that in JBA the form כמאן ד is often simply semi-Hebraically equivalent to "like someone who".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 628[330]DJPA: 261bDJBA: 585Jastrow: 645Drower/Macuch: 213aLevy Ch-W: 1:368Tal Sam: 392b

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