כֵּן

Biblical Aramaic

thus — used 8 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

thus tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כֵּן: adv. thus, as follows tree →

The whole BDB entry

adv. thus, as follows (BH כֵּן; 𝔗 כֵּן, Syriac ܟܶܢ );—usually c. אֲמַר (אָמַר, etc.; cf. Egyptian Aramaic CIS ii. 149 A 1, B–C 3 RÉS 492 B 5), Dn 2:24 וְכֵן אֲמַר־לֵהּ, v 25 4:11; 6:7; 7:5, 23 Ezr 5:3; 6:2 וְכֵן־כְּתִיב בְּגַוַּהּ.

Jastrow 1903

כֵּן I: so, thus for such purpose tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

v. כִּי, so, thus. Ber. 11ᵇ וכן הוא אומר and so we read; a. v. fr.—אם כן, אלא אם כן, v. אִם.—לָכֵן for such a purpose. Y. Maas. Sh. II, 53ᵇ bot. דרכו ל׳ it is usually employed for such a purpose. Y. Erub. VII, beg. 24ᵇ ייחדו ל׳ he devoted it to such &c.—יתר על כן, יתר מִכֵּן, v. יֶתֶר I.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (15 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: as follows (8).

In the verses

Ezra 6:2 · tree →

וְהִשְׁתְּכַ֣ח בְּאַחְמְתָ֗א בְּבִֽירְתָ֛א דִּ֛י בְּמָדַ֥י מְדִינְתָּ֖ה מְגִלָּ֣ה חֲדָ֑ה וְכֵן־כְּתִ֥יב בְּגַוַּ֖הּ דִּכְרוֹנָֽה׃פ

Word for word: and it.was.found in Ecbatana in the citadel which [is].in Media the province a.scroll one and as.follows it.was.written in midst its (the) memorandum

JPS 1917: And there was found at Ahmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written: 'A record.

Daniel 6:7 · tree →

אֱ֠דַיִן סָרְכַיָּ֤א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ אִלֵּ֔ן הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּ עַל־מַלְכָּ֑א וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לֵ֔הּ דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

Word for word: then the overseers and the satraps these they.came.as.a.crowd to the king and as.follows [they.were].saying to him O.Darius the king forever live!

JPS 1917: Then these presidents and satraps came tumultuously to the king, and said thus unto him: 'King Darius, live for ever!

In Targum Onkelos

Number 155 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 40 times there, in the forms כֵן (27); וְכֵן (11); בְכֵן (1); דְכֵן (1).

Exodus 16:17 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וַעַבָדוּ כֵן בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְקָטוּ דְאַסְגֵי וּדְאַזְעֵר:

וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֖ן בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיִּלְקְט֔וּ הַמַּרְבֶּ֖ה וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט׃

Word for word: and they.did so the.people of.Israel and they.gathered.[it] the.[one who].made.much and the.[one who].made.little

JPS 1917: And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.

Numbers 12:7 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

לָא כֵן עַבְדִי משֶׁה בְּכָל בֵּיתִי מְהֵימָן הוּא

לֹא־כֵ֖ן עַבְדִּ֣י מֹשֶׁ֑ה בְּכָל־בֵּיתִ֖י נֶאֱמָ֥ן הֽוּא׃

Word for word: not thus servant my Moses in all house my [is].faithful he

JPS 1917: My servant Moses is not so; he is trusted in all My house;

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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