אך
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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).