Aramaic כ

כְּ part. like, as, about (BH כְּ, q.v.);—like, as, Dn 2:40 תַּקִּיפָא כְּפַרְזְלָא, 4:5, 32; 5:11 +; according to 4:32 וּכְמִצְבְּיֵהּ עָבֵד and according to his will he doeth, Ezr 6:9, 18 +; about (as BH 1 a: cf. Zinj. Lzb⁴⁴⁴ כשלשן מלך[ן]), Dn 4:16 כְּשָׁעָה חֲדָה, 6:1; with inf. (BH 3 b), 6:21 וּכְמִקְרְבֵהּ לְגֻבָּא and as he drew near, etc. Cpds.:—כְּדִי and כִּדְנָה, v. דִּי and דְּנָה; כַּחֲדָה together, v. חַד (sub אחד).

† [כְּדַב] adj. false (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH כזב);—fs. abs. מִלָּה כִדְבָה Dn 2:9 (> n. appos. K ¹⁷⁵ M ^66*).

כְּדִי v. דִּי.

† כָּה adv. here (BH כֹּה; 𝔗 Mand. כָּא; Chr-Pal. ܟܐ; Syriac with prefixes, as ܠܟܳܐ hither, ܐܰܝܟܳܐ where?);—Dn 7:28 עַד־כָּה סוֹפָא דִי־מִלְּתָא hitherto (cf. Je 48:47; 51:64) is the end of the matter.

† [כְּהַל] vb. be able (𝔗 id.; Egyptian Aramaic, S-C^{Pap. A 6, 8, 11 +}; Ethiopic ክህለ cf. syn. יְכִל);—

Pe. Pt. act., usually sq. inf.: abs. כָּהֵל Dn 2:26; 4:15 (inf. om.); pl. abs. כָּֽהֲלִין 5:8, 15.

† [כָּהֵן] n.m. priest (v. BH כהן);—emph. כָּהֲנָא Ezr 7:12, 21; pl. emph. -נַיָּא 6:9, 16, 18; 7:16, 24; sf. (of. Isr.) -נ֫וֹהִי v 13.

[כַּוָּה Nö^{GGA 1884, 1019}] n.f. window (𝔗 כַּוְּתָא, Syriac ܟܰܘܬܳܐ cf. Schulth^{Lex. 91} (sub ܟܘ), hence Arabic كُوَّة, كَوَّة id., as loan-word Frä ¹³);—pl. abs. כַּוִּין פְּתִיחָן Dn 6:11 (cf. S-C^{J 6}).

† [כּוֹר] n.[m.] kôr, a measure of wheat (BH כֹּר p. 499);—pl. abs. כּוֹרִין Ezr 7:22.

כּ֫וֹרֶשׁ₉ n.pr.m. Cyrus (BH id.);—Dn 6:28; Ezr 5:13 + 6 times Ezr.

[כִּכַּר], כִּכְּרִין v. כרר.

כֹּל v. כלל.

† [כְּלַל] vb. complete (v. BH I. [כָּלַל]; but שַׁכ׳ perhaps loan-word from Assyrian šuklulu, ušaklil, uštaklil, Dl^{WB 331}, cf. שֵׁיזִב, שֵׁיצֵא and Buhl¹⁴);—

Shaph. of building: Pf. 3 ms. sf. שַׁכְלְלֵהּ Ezr 5:11 he finished it; 3 mpl. שַׁכְלִלוּ 6:14, also (c. acc. rei) 4:12 (Kt שׁורי אשׁכללו, read Qr) שׁוּרַיָּא שׁ׳; Inf. לְהַשְׁכְּלָלָה, acc. rei 5:3, 9. Ishtaph. be completed, of walls; Impf. 3 mpl. יִשְׁתַּכְלְלוּן 4:13, 16.

כֹּל, כָּל־ n.m. the whole, all (BH כֹּל);—emph. כֹּלָּא Dn 2:40 +, cstr. כֹּל 2:12; 3:2 +, כָּל־ 2:8 +, sf. 3 mpl. כָּלְּהוֹן (so Palm. Lzb²⁹⁶ Cooke^{No. 117,} Tariff ^{ii b. 18}) †2:38; 7:19 (Qr f. כַּלְּהֵן);—

1. כֹּל חַכִּימֵי בָבֶל the whole of (= all) the wise men of B. 3:2, 3, 5, etc.; 6:2 כל־מלכותא the whole of the kingdom, v 4; c. sf. the whole of them 2:38; 7:19.

2. with a sg. noun, understood collectively, every, any, or with a neg. none (BH 1 b): 3:29 דִּי כָל־עַם אֻמָּה וְלִשָּׁן that every people, nation, and language, etc., 6:8 מִן־כָּל־אֱלָהּ of any god, Ezr 6:12 כָּל־מֶלֶךְ וְעַם; כל אנשׁ די every man who = whoever, Dn 3:10; 5:7; 6:13 Ezr 6:11; Dn 2:10 כל מלך … לא שׁאל no king hath asked …, v 35 4:6; 6:5, 24; so כָּל־דִּי (= Heb. כָּל־אְשֶׁר) whoever 6:8 Ezr 7:26, whatever v 23, בְּכָל־דִּי wherever Dn 2:38 (cf. אֲשֶׁר 4 b γ).

†3. emph. כֹּלָּא, used absolutely, as Heb. הַכֹּל (BH 2 b): Dn 2:40 חָשֵׁל כֹּלָּא crushing all things, 4:9, 18 וּמָזוֹן לְכֹלָּא־בֵּהּ and food for all was in it, v 25 כֹּלָּא מְטָא all came upon N. (cf. הַכֹּל בָּא Jos 21:43), Ezr 5:7 שְׁלָמָא כֹלָּא all peace (K^{§ 83 d}; cf. in Heb. כֻּלּוֹ etc., after their noun: BH 1 d a).—For כָּל־קֳבֵל v. קֳבֵל.

† כֵּן adv. thus, as follows (BH כֵּן; 𝔗 כֵּן, Syriac ܟܶܢ );—usually c. אֲמַר (אָמַר, etc.; cf. Egyptian Aramaic CIS ^{ii. 149 A 1, B–C 3} RÉS ^{492 B 5}), Dn 2:24 וְכֵן אֲמַר־לֵהּ, v 25 4:11; 6:7; 7:5, 23 Ezr 5:3; 6:2 וְכֵן־כְּתִיב בְּגַוַּהּ.

† כְּנֵ֫מָא adv. accordingly, as follows (der. uncertain: Nö^{GGA, 1884, 1021} Marti al. from כֵּן + indef. מָא, so somewhat, ungefähr so: v. older improb. view (as we should say, from כְּ and נֵימָא = נֵאמַר, cf. Talm. יֵימָא for יֵימַר) in Thes⁶⁵²): referring backwards, Ezr 6:13 כְּנֵמָא … עֲבַדוּ did accordingly; referring forwards, 4:8 כְנֵמָא כְּתַבוּ … wrote a letter … as follows, 5:4 (read c. 𝔊 אֲמַרוּ; אֲמַרְנָא from v 9, Mey^{Entst. J. 26}), v 9, 11.

† [כְּנַשׁ] vb. gather (𝔗 id.; Old Aramaic Palm. כנש Lzb²⁹⁸; Syriac ܟܢܰܫ; v. also BH [כָּנַס]);—

Pe. Inf. לְמִכְנַשׁ, sq. ל acc. pers. Dn 3:2.

Hithpa. Pt. pl. מִתְכַּנְּשִׁין (were) assembled 3:3, 27.

† [כְּנָת] n.m. Ez 4:17 associate (Old Aramaic id., Lzb ²⁹⁸ SAC⁶⁵; S-C^{B 6}; Syriac ܟܢܳܬ; Chr-Pal. [ܟܢܐ, ܟܢܬ] Schwally^{Idiot. 46} Schulth^{Lex. 95}; √ appar. כנה K^{§ 56, α) β2} M-A^{§ 74 c}; Buhl makes loan-wd. from Assyrian kinâtu, ‘Genosse,’ but v. Dl^{WB 338} Zim^{M p. 66});—associate, pl. sf. בְנָוָתֵהּ Ezr 5:6, -תְהוֹן 4:9, 17, 23; 5:3; 6:6, 13.

כסא (v. BH כִּסֵּא throne).

† כָּרְסֵא (K^{§§ 11, 4 b) ε); 62}) n.m. Dn 7:9a throne;—cstr. כ׳ Dn 5:20; sf. כָּרְסְיֵהּ 7:9b; pl. abs. כָּרְסָוָן 7:9a.

כסדי v. כַּשְׂדָּי.

† כְּסַף n.m. ^{Ezr 7:17} silver (v. BH);—abs. כ׳ Ezr 7:15 +, כְּסֲ֑ף Dn 2:32; emph. כַּסְפָּא v 35 +;—

1. as material Dn 2:32, 35, 45; 5:2, 4, 23 Ezr 5:14; 6:5.

2. as money or its equivalent Ezr 7:17, v 15, 16, 18, 22.

כְּעַן, כְּעֶ֫נֶת, כְּעֶת v. sub ענה.

† כְּפַת vb. bind (𝔗 id.; NH כָּפַת; Syriac ܟܦܰܬ form knots, ܟܪܳܐ twist into a knot, Arabic كَفَتَ draw together, Assyrian [kapâtu] ii. bring together);—Peʿîl Pf. 3 mpl. כְּפִ֫תוּ (W^{CG 224}) Dn 3:21 they were bound.

Pa. bind: Inf. לְכַפָתָה Dn 3:20 (ל acc. pers.); Pt. pass. pl. מְכַפִּתִין bound v 23, 24.

† [כְּרָא] vb. Ithpe. be distressed (cf. כַּרְיָא iii. adj. suffering, כְּרִיוּתָא n. id. D^{WB 197}; Syriac ܟܶܪܝܰܬ ܠܝ be short, abridged, ܟܰܪܝܽܘܬܳܐ it grieved me; ܟܪܰܗ pain, grief; cf. Assyrian kûru, pain; also ܟܰܪܒܳܠܬܳܐ (der. spec.) be ill, Arabic كَرِهَ dislike, shrink from);—Pf. 3 fs. אִתְכְּרִיַּת רוּחִי (K^{§ 47. Beisp. 2}) Dn 7:15.

† [כַּרְבְּלָא] n.f. prob. helmet, cap (> al. mantle, e.g. K^{§ 62}; v. Dr) (NH כַּרְבָּלָה comb of cock; so J.Aram כַּרְבָּלְתָא, Syriac ܟܳܪܘܿܙ; Assyrian karballatu, cap Andr^{M 67}, Muss-Arn^{Assyrian Dict. 436a}; so SAC^{JPhil. xxvi. 310 f.}, cf. BH [כדבל]);—pl. sf. כַּרְבְּלָֽתְהוֹן Dn 3:21.

† [כָּרוֹז] n.m. herald (loan-word from Gk. κήρυξ, κηρύσσειν (K^{§ 64, 4} Krauss^{ii. 296f.}; Nö^{GGA 1884, 1019} doubts); 𝔗 id., Syriac ܟܪܘܙ (v. Brock), Chr-Pal. [ܟܪܙ] Schulth^{Lex. 97}; cf. D^{§ 37 ad fin.}, also K^{§ 64, 4} Bev Dn 5:29 M-A^{§ 88});—emph. כָּרוֹזָא Dn 3:4.

† [כְּרַז] vb. denom.

Haph. make proclamation (poss. directly dependent on κῆρυξ (D^{§ 37, p. 146 (2nd ed. 183)} K ^l.c. M ⁶⁷), but even then formed as denom.; cf. 𝔗 כְּרַז, NH כָּרַז, Syriac ܟܪܙ Af. Ethpe., so Chr-Pal. Schwally^{Idiot. 46} Schulth^{Lex. 97});—Pf. 3 mpl. הַכְרִ֫זוּ Dn 5:29, c. עַל pers. concerning.

כָּרְסֵא v. כסא.

כרר (√ of foll.; cf. BH כרר, כִּכָּר 3).

† [כִּכַּר] n.[f.] talent;—pl. abs. כִּכְּרִין Ezr 7:22.

† כַּשְׂדָּ֑י n. pr. gent. Chaldean (v. BH כַּשְׂדִּים);—abs. כ׳ Dn 2:10; emph. כשדיא Dn 5:30 Kt (Qr כַּשְׂדָּאָה), כסדיא Ezr 5:12 Kt (Qr כַּסְדָּאָה); pl. abs. כַּשְׂדָּאִין 3:8; 5:11, emph. כשדיא Kt, כַּשְׂדָּאֵי Qr, Dn 2:5, 10; 4:4; 5:7;—

1. Chaldean by race Dn 3:8; 5:30; Ezr 5:12.

2. as learned, of the class of Magi (BH כ׳ 1 c), Dn 2:5, 10^(×2); 4:4; 5:7, 11.

† כְּתַב vb. write (v. BH);—

Pe. Pf. 3 ms. כ׳ Dn 6:26 ל pers. + orat. rect., 7:1 acc. rei; 3 mpl. כְּתַ֫בוּ Ezr 4:8 acc. אִגְּרָה; 1 pl. נִכְתּוּב 5:10, acc. rei; Pt. act. abs. fs. כָּֽתְבָה Dn 5:5, subj. יְדָא, fpl. כָּֽתְבָן v 5, subj. אֶצְבְּעָן. Peʿîl (W^{CG 224}) Pf. 3 ms. כִּדְנָה כְּתִיב Ezr 5:7 thus (it) was written, so כֵּן כ׳ 6:2.

† כְּתָב n.m. ^{Dn 5:7} writing;—abs. כְּתָ֑ב Ezr 7:22 (Baer כְּתַב, but v. K^{§ 57 ad fin.} Str); cstr. כ׳ 6:18; emph. כְּתָכָא Dn 5:8 +, ה—ָ 5:7, 15;—

1. writing, inscription (on wall) Dn 5:7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25.

2. a. written decree 6:9, 10, 11. b. written requirement Ezr 6:18; 7:22.

† כְּתַל (K^{§ 54, 3 a) ε) and c)}) n.[m.] wall (BH כֹּתֶל, √ כחל);—cstr. כ׳ Dn 5:5; pl. emph. כֻּתְלַיָּא Ezr 5:8.