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title: כֵּן — thus · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: כֵּן (lemma:כֵּן), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 8 times: thus. BDB 1906: adv. thus, as follows. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כֵּן

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«כֵּן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **thus** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** lemma:כֵּן · **BDB:** כֵּן

### Glosses

as.follows (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thus [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b5_5bc_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. thus, as follows [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b5_5bc_5df/#m2)

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**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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b5_5bc_5df/#m3)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כֵּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b5_5bc_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.2/)

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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.

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[Daniel 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.7/)

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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!

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