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title: אָכֵן — firmly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָכֵן (403), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: firmly. BDB 1906: adv. surely. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָכֵן

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«אָכֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **firmly** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 403 · **BDB:** אָכֵן

### Glosses

truly (9); nevertheless (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

firmly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/403/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. surely [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/403/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (perh. from אַךְ; cf. Aramaic דֵּךְ \& דִּכֵּן) adv. with strong asseverative force: surely, truly, especially at beginning of a speech (stronger \& more decided than אַךְ) Gn 28:16 Ex 2:14 1 S 15:32 Is 40:7; 45:15 Je 3:23(×2); 4:10; 8:8. In 1 K 11:2 אָכֵן stands unusually; and פֶּן־ (cf. 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 should prob. be read (so Klo). emphasizing a contrast, but indeed, but in fact, especially after אָמַרְתִּי I said or thought, expressing the reality, in opp. to what had been wrongly imagined, Is 49:4b (opp. to v 4a) 53:4 (opp. to v 3 end) Je 3:20 (opp. to the expectation v 19b) Zp 3:7b ψ 31:23b (opp. to v 23a) 66:19 82:7 (opp. to v 6) Jb 32:8 (opp. to v 7).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָכֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/403/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 45:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.45.15/)

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אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

*Word for word:* truly you \[are\].a.God \[who\].hides.himself O.God of.Israel deliverer

*JPS 1917:* Verily Thou art a God that hidest Thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

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[Psalms 66:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.66.19/)

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אָ֭כֵן שָׁמַ֣ע אֱלֹהִ֑ים הִ֝קְשִׁ֗יב בְּק֣וֹל תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless he.has.heard God he.has.paid.attention to the.sound my.prayer my

*JPS 1917:* But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

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