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title: לָהֵן — except · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: לָהֵן (lemma:לָהֵן), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 10 times: except. BDB 1906: conj. except, but. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָהֵן

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«לָהֵן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **except** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** lemma:לָהֵן · **BDB:** לָהֵן²

### Glosses

except (5); therefore (3); but (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

except [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5d4_5b5_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

conj. except, but [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5d4_5b5_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** conj. except, but (from לָא and הֵן ‘not if’ (cf. Heb. אם לא Gn 24:38); so Nab. and Egyptian Aramaic להן Cooke217, 219, 241 S-CPap. C 6, 7 +; lâinnî, however SocinArabic Dial. v. Marokko 44, Anm. 103; 𝔗 אִילָּהֵין Gn 32:28; 43:3 al.);— after a neg. (= BH כִּי אִם, q.v.): except Dn 2:11; 3:28; 6:6, 8, 13. but (Germ. sondern) Dn 2:30. without a neg.: however, but Ezr 5:12.

### Jastrow 1903

לָהֵן: but, only [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5d4_5b5_5df/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** \= אִלָּהֵין, but, only. Taan. 12ᵃ (quot. fr. Meg. Taan. ch. XII, ed. Meg. Taan. לכן).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָהֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5d4_5b5_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.6/)

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אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ אָֽמְרִ֔ין דִּ֣י לָ֧א נְהַשְׁכַּ֛ח לְדָנִיֵּ֥אל דְּנָ֖ה כָּל־עִלָּ֑א לָהֵ֕ן הַשְׁכַּ֥חְנָֽה עֲל֖וֹהִי בְּדָ֥ת אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* then the men these \[were\].saying (diy).that not we.will.find to Daniel this any occasion except we.have.found concerning him in the.law of his.God

*JPS 1917:* Then said these men: 'We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him in the matter of the law of his God.'

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[Daniel 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.6/)

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וְהֵ֨ן חֶלְמָ֤א וּפִשְׁרֵהּ֙ תְּֽהַחֲוֺ֔ן מַתְּנָ֤ן וּנְבִזְבָּה֙ וִיקָ֣ר שַׂגִּ֔יא תְּקַבְּל֖וּן מִן־קֳדָמָ֑י לָהֵ֕ן חֶלְמָ֥א וּפִשְׁרֵ֖הּ הַחֲוֺֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* and if the dream and interpretation its you.will.declare gifts and a.reward and honor great you.will.receive from before me therefore the dream and interpretation its declare to.me

*JPS 1917:* But if ye declare the dream and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; only declare unto me the dream and the interpretation thereof.'

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