BDB9614

כְּנֵ֫מָא adverb accordingly, as follows (derivation uncertain: Nö^{GGA, 1884, 1021} Marti and others from כֵּן + indefinite מָא, so somewhat, ungefähr so: see older improbable view (as we should say, from כְּ and נֵימָא = נֵאמַר, compare Talmud יֵימָא for יֵימַר) in Thes⁶⁵²): referring backwards, Ear Ezra 6:13 כְּנֵמָא ֗֗֗ עֲבַדוּ did accordingly; referring forwards, Ezra 4:8 . . . כְּתַבוּ כְנֵמָא wrote a letter . . . as follows, Ezra 5:4(read c ᵐ5 אֲמַרוּ; אֲמַרְנָא from Ezra 5:9, Mey^{Entst. 26} ), Ezra 5:9 Ezra 5:11.