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ky conj. because, for
1
because, for
OA, OAEast, OfAEg, Palmyrene, Qumran, Sam, LJLA
Zak.a13↗ ˀl | ṫzḥl | ky | ˀnh | hml[ktk : do not fear, for I have made you king ; AssOstr.8↗ kyzˀ zˀ ˀmr ly mrˀy mlkˀ : for this is exactly what my Lord the King said to me ; AssOstr.16 ?↗ wkymn`mlky ; QumNJ 1:14::3↗ ٠٠٠] כיא גלגלא‏ : for the wheel ... ; TgJ Hab3:2tos↗ כי ארגיזו קדמך‏ : because they angered You ; Marqe 1.115↗ כיתך מתפך לה לכל גון דאת בעי‏ : because with you it will be turned into any kind that you wish ; TgTosPr 2Kgs.4:31↗ ולא עבד כיד פקדיה כי אזל ושוי ית חוטרא על אפי רביא‏ : he did not do as he commanded him, for he went and placed the staff on the lad's face
2
that
OfAEg-inf, Sam, LJLA
SahlanMonths 4↗ כָּל חַד אֲמַר כִּי לִי יָאֲתָא רְבוּתָא‏ : every one said that the lordship is appropriate for me
3
when
Sam
Marqe 1.223↗ לא אסכם משה ומן רמי לה מן אדה כי עביד נחש‏ : Moses had not finished throwing it down from his hand when it turned into a snake
4
indeed, really
Sam
Marqe 1.361↗ זל לזימון אחוך וכיתך נצח עמה קרבה דפרעה‏ : go meet your brother and then you will battle pharaoh with him
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In Samaritan regularly joined with suffixed pronouns preceded by nun and with emphatic pronouns in yt_.
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Although this word is legitimate in early Aramaic, in its rare occurrences in later Jewish texts it is a blatant Hebraism. The precise connotation of the collocation כיתך in Samaritan is unclear.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: Tal Sam: 385fDNWSI: 497Qumran: 113

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