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kn (kén) adv. thus, so
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thus, so
Common Aramaic
Ezra 5:3↗ וְכֵן אָמְרִין לְהֹם‏ ; 4Q242 A..5↗ וכן כתבת אנה‏ : and thus I wrote ; TgJ Is47:13↗ כֵין עְתִיד לְמֵיתֵי עְלַך יְרַח בִירַח‏ : thus it shall happen to you month by month ; PTBer 5.b:57[2]↗ כיני מתנייתה‏ : the tannaitic teaching is so ; CPA 1R(1Sam)6:10↗ ܘܥܒ̈ܕܘ ܟܢ ܫܘܒ̈ܛܝܐ ܢܘܟܪ̈ܝܐ݁‏ : the foreign tribes did so ; SamTgJ Gen29:26↗ לא יתעבד כן באתרינן‏ : such is not to be done in our places ; BT Šab 53a(31)↗ וכן תרגמה אריוך בבבל‏ : and PN explained it so in GN ; BT Šab 108a(42)↗ לא ליקיימו ליה בני וכן הות‏ : "may he not have any sons;" and so it was
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ܡܛܘܠ ܟܢ : therefore
Syr
AphDem14.251:11↗ ܘܡܛܠ ܟܢ ܟܬܒܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܚܒܝ̈ܒܝ‏ : therefore I have written these, my dear
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ܠܐ ܟܢ : how much less so
Syr
P 1K(1)8:27↗ ܗܐ ܫܡܝܐ ܘܫ̈ܡܝ ܫܡܝܐ ܠܐ ܡܣܝܒܪ̈ܝܢ ܠܟ܃ ܠܐ ܟܢ ܒܝܬܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܒܢܝܬ‏ : now then the highest of heavens cannot contain you, how much the less so this house that I have built
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then, after that (see also s.vv. lkn, btrkn)
Syr, Man
DeathSatan3 14↗ ܐܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܡܢ ܒܬܪ ܕܙܟܟ ܟܢ ܗܘ ܙܟܝܬܗ‏ : but I am the one who, after he defeated you, then I defeated him ; AM 184:20↗ ukin malka ḏbabil nikṣar : then the king of Babylon will fall ill
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wken : and so, in that way, then
Syr, JBAg
AGnEx 130.31↗ ܐܡܚܐ ܠܡܨܪ̈ܝܐ ܒܟܘܠ ܬܕܡܪ̈ܬܐ ܕܐܥܒܕ ܒܝܢܬܗܘܢ܂ ܘܟܢ ܢܫܕܪܟܘܢ‏ : I shall smite the Egyptians with all the wonders I shall do among them, and so then he will release you ; IshIsa 10:3↗ ܩܕܝܫ܃ ܘܫܠܝܢ܂ ܘܟܢ ܩܥܝܢ ܩܕܝܫ܂ ܘܟܢ ܡܩܦܝܢ ܗ݀ܝ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܘܕܫܪܟܐ‏ : (they cry out) "holy" and stop, and then cry out "holy", and then add that part pertaining to "Lord", etc ; HP Sassoon(1) 190.4↗ וכין כוסברתא וכין כמונא‏ : so too coriander and cumin
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JPA conjoined with copulative pronoun
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See the derivatives for many other compounds with this word.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 632[333]DJPA: 262bDJBA: 586bJastrow: 647Drower/Macuch: 213bJ. Payne-Smith: 217Levy Ch-W: 1:369Tal Sam: 394DNWSI: 516DISO: 122DCPA[Schulthess]: 180[94]DJA: 57aQumran: 116

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