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Daniel 5:15

“And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

כְּעַןkᵉʻan · keh-an'
H3705 · Aramaic

Definition: now
Derivation: (Aramaic) probably from H3652 (כֵּן);
KJV renderings: now.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
כְעַ֞ן — adverb
Code AC/D
Usage: Occurs 13 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:13 Ezra 4:14 Ezra 4:21 Ezra 5:16 Ezra 5:17

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כְּעַן here.

Verse 14 Verse 16

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.