כְּעַן

Biblical Aramaic

now — used 13 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

now tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כְּעַן²: adv. now tree →

The whole BDB entry

adv. now (so Egyptian Aramaic (CISii. 137 = CookeNo. 73 RÉS 361 B S-CPap. C 5); 𝔗, e.g. Nu 22:4: עַן prob. a subst. from [עָנָה] the √ of עֵת (p. 773a), time; so כְּעַן lit. at (this) time = Heb. עַתָּה: K§ 67, 4);—Dn 2:23 וּכְעַן הוֹדַעְתַּנִי, 3:15; 4:34; 5:12, 15, 16; 6:9; Ezr 4:13, 14, 21; 5:17; 6:6; עַד־כְּעַן until now Ezr 5:16 (so 𝔗 Gn 18:22 +).

Jastrow 1903

כְּעַן: now tree →

The whole Jastrow entry

(contr. of כְּעִידָּן, v. כְּדוּן) now. Targ. O. Num. XXIV, 4; 6 (Y. כדון, h. text עתה). Targ. II Sam. III, 8 מכ׳ (h. text היום); a. fr.—Cant. R. to I, 1 הוינה כד הוינא ברם כ׳ וכ׳ I was (king) when I was, but now I am no more.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: now (13).

In the verses

Ezra 4:21 · tree →

כְּעַן֙ שִׂ֣ימוּ טְּעֵ֔םלְבַטָּלָ֖א גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֑ךְ וְקִרְיְתָ֥א דָךְ֙ לָ֣א תִתְבְּנֵ֔א עַד־מִנִּ֖י טַעְמָ֥א יִתְּשָֽׂם׃

Word for word: now make a.decree to make.to.cease the men these and the city this not it.will.be.built until from me the decree it.will.be.made

JPS 1917: Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

Daniel 6:9 · tree →

כְּעַ֣ן מַלְכָּ֔א תְּקִ֥ים אֱסָרָ֖א וְתִרְשֻׁ֣ם כְּתָבָ֑א דִּ֣י לָ֧א לְהַשְׁנָיָ֛ה כְּדָת־מָדַ֥י וּפָרַ֖ס דִּי־לָ֥א תֶעְדֵּֽא׃

Word for word: now O king you.will.establish the prohibition and you.will.sign the writing that not to change according to.the.law of.[the].Medes and.[the] Persians which not it.will.pass.away

JPS 1917: Now, O king, establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.'

In Targum Onkelos

Number 33 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 206 times there, in the forms כְּעַן (87); כְעַן (64); וּכְעַן (54); וכְעַן (1).

Exodus 33:18 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וַאֲמַר אַחֲזֵינִי כְעַן יָת יְקָרָךְ:

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הַרְאֵ֥נִי נָ֖א אֶת־כְּבֹדֶֽךָ׃

Word for word: and he.said show me please (et) glory your

JPS 1917: And he said: 'Show me, I pray Thee, Thy glory.'

Genesis 19:7 · tree → · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וַאֲמַר בְּבָעוּ כְעַן אַחַי לָא תַבְאִישוּן

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אַל־נָ֥א אַחַ֖י תָּרֵֽעוּ׃

Word for word: and he.said do.not please my.brothers my do.evil

JPS 1917: And he said: 'I pray you, my brethren, do not so wickedly.

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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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