Lexical Definition

‎דֵּן‎ dên (dane) this ^A:DemP
(Aramaic) an orthographical variation of ‎דֵּךְ‎

(afore-) time, [phrase] after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), [phrase] thus, where(-fore), which.

• this

demons pron
1) this, on account of this
adv
2) therefore

Extended Information

Aramaic of: זֶה

• demons pron
• adv

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: אִלֵּין

‎דְּנָה‎₅₇ demonstrative prounoun common this (Zinjirli ‎זן‎, ‎זנה‎; Egyptian Aramaic ‎זנה‎ (S-C ^{Pap. B 17} +); ‎זנך‎ (ib.^{C 6, D 8}); Nabataean, Palmyrene ‎דנה‎ (Lzb²⁶⁴ Cooke²⁶); ᵑ7 ‎דֵּין‎ (e.g. 1Sam 10:27) and (with ‎הָ‎, i.e. ‎הָא‎, ecce) ‎הָדֵתן‎; Aramaic of Têma ‎הא זא‎ (Cooke^{195. 198}); Syriac (contracted for ‎הָֽדְנָא‎); Mandean ‎האזין‎; Sabean (Hom^{Chrest. 13}); Ethiopic all from [‎דֶּה‎,] ‎זה‎, + demonstrative noun (W^{CG 108 f.}); feminine Biblical Aramaic ‎דָּא‎, ᵑ7 ‎דָּא‎, ‎הָדה‎, Syriac , Mandean ‎האזא‎, Ethiopic without the n; the plural is ‎אִלֵּין‎, q. v. ); — this:
a. Dan 2:18 ‎רָזָא דְנָה‎ this secret, vDan 2:28 vDan 2:29 vDan 2:30 +, Ezra 4:11; Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:4; Ezra 5:9 +; ‎כָּלדְּֿנָה‎ Dan 5:22.
b. ‎אַחֲרֵי דְנָה‎ after this Dan 2:29; Dan 2:45 so ‎בָּאתַר דְּנָה‎ Dan 7:6; Dan 7:7.
c. ‎כִּדְנָה‎ like this, thus, Jer 10:10 (= Hebrew ‎כֹּה‎), Dan 2:10 ‎מִלְּתָא כִדְנָה‎ a word like this (compare ‎כָּזֹאת‎ Esth 4:14), Esth 3:29; Ezra 5:7.
d. ‎עַלדְּֿנָה‎ on account of this Dan 3:16; Ezra 4:22; Ezra 5:5; Ezra 5:17; Ezra 6:11 as conjunction = therefore (compare Hebrew ‎עַלזֹֿאת‎) Ezra 4:14; Ezra 4:15. — See also ‎קֳבֵלַ‎ and ‎קַדְמָה‎.

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