אך
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Hebrew
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Adverb
[edit]אַךְ • (akh)
- Only.
- Now, just, hardly.
- c. 1000–400 B.C.E., Genesis 27:30:
- וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלָּה יִצְחָק לְבָרֵךְ אֶת־יַעֲקֹב וַיְהִי אַךְ יָצֹא יָצָא יַעֲקֹב מֵאֵת פְּנֵי יִצְחָק אָבִיו וְעֵשָׂו אָחִיו בָּא מִצֵּידוֹ׃
- And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.[1]
- c. 1000–400 B.C.E., Genesis 27:30:
Derived terms
[edit]- אַךְ וְרַק (akh v'rak)
References
[edit]Conjunction
[edit]אַךְ • (akh)
- But.
References
[edit]- “אַךְ” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 44.
- Notes:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Authorized King James translation (1611).
Yiddish
[edit]Interjection
[edit]אך • (akh)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַך (akh).