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dyn, dn (dēn, den) pron. this one
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this one
Qumran, Jud, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, LJLA
4QTob b4.3.5=07:2↗ דמה עלימא דן לטובי בר דדי‏ : this lad looks like my cousin PN ; 5/6Hev 42..:6↗ כספא דן תהוא תקל לנה בכל שנה‏ : you will pay us this money every year ; TgO Gen5:1↗ דֵין סְפַר תוֹלְדָת אָדָם‏ ; VR 166:1(1)↗ דין סמי עייניה ודין תבירא ידיה ודין תבירא רגליה‏ : this one, his eye is blind while that one his arm is broken and that other one's leg is broken ; GT D Gen41:38↗ הַן אֲנַן מַשְכְּחִין כְּ̊וַות דֵין גְ̊בַ̊ר̊‏ : where are we going to find a man like this one? ; CPA(le97) Col 1:15↗ ܗܕܝܢ ܕܗܘ ܨܘܪܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܠܐ ܡܬ݁ܚܡܝ‏ : that one who is the image of this invisible God ; SamTgJ Ex2:6↗ מילידי עבראי דן‏ : this is one of the Hebrew children ; JBAmb2 4:2↗ דין קמיעא יהוי לה‏ : this amulet will be for her ; PJ Gen5:29↗ דין ינחמיננא מפולחננא‏ : this one will relieve us of our toil
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דין לדין, דין עם דין, etc. : to/with one another
JLAtg, Gal, LJLA
TgO Ex14:20↗ וְלָא אִתקָרַבוּ דֵין לְוָת דֵין כֹל לֵיליָא‏ : they were not brought near each other the whole night ; EstR[2] 13.2(27)↗ חושבניה דדין כחושבניה דדין‏ : one's computation is like the other's ; TN Ex25:20↗ ואפיהון הפיכין דן לקבל דן‏ : with their faces turned towards one another ; PJ Gen11:8↗ והוו קטלין דין לדין‏ : they were killing one another
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as enclitic in interrogative contexts: now, here, then : see s.v. dyn conj./adv.
JLAtg, Sam, LJLA
TgO Gen27:20↗ מָא דֵין אוֹחִיתָא לְאַשכָחָא‏ : how is that you found it so quickly? ; SamTgJ Gen27:20↗ מה דן זרזת למשקעה ברי‏ : how, now, were you so quick to find it, my son? ; PJ Gen25:22↗ אם כדין הוא צערא דילידתא למה דין לי בנין‏ : if the pain of giving birth is such, why then do I have children?
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Generally used as an independent form as opposed to attributive הָדֵין , but occasionally appears for (or as a variant of) the latter. In PTA/Gal/Sam/CPA (and probably Qumran) apparently with a short vowel (which is probably original: see s.v. dnh), for it is almost always spelled defectively in those dialects. Syriac only in magic bowls.
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For the feminine form see dˀ. For enclitic usage see the note s.v. dyn conj./adv.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 153aJastrow: 315Levy Ch-W: 1:181Tal Sam: 190DCPA[Schulthess]: 92[44]DJA: 41bQumran: 56

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