אָכֵן
Used: 17 times · Key: 403 · BDB: אָכֵן
Glosses
truly (9); nevertheless (8)
Meaning (OSHB)
firmly tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
adv. surely tree →
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).
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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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