לָהֵן

«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.

Used: 10 times · Key: lemma:לָהֵן · BDB: לָהֵן²

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

except tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

conj. except, but tree →

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 →

The whole Jastrow entry

= אִלָּהֵין, but, only. Taan. 12ᵃ (quot. fr. Meg. Taan. ch. XII, ed. Meg. Taan. לכן).

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Daniel 6:6

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.'

Daniel 2:6

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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