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אַךְ159 adverb (perhaps from the same demonstr, root found also in כִּי, כֹּה, כֵּן).
1.
surely.
2.
with a
restrictive force, emphasizing what follows
:
a.
in contrast to what
precedes, howbeit;
b.
in contrast with other ideas generally, only
1.
asseverative, often introducing with emphasis the expression of a truth (or supposed truth)
newly
perceived, especially in colloquial language
, surely, no doubt (doch wohl); Gen 26:9
אַךְ הִנֵּה אִשְׁתְּךָ הִוא
of a surety, lo, she is thy wife ! Gen 29:14; Gen 44:28; Judg 3:24; Judg 20:39; 1Sam 16:6
surely the anointed of ׳
י is before him ! 1Sam 25:21; Jer 5:4; Ps 58:12; Ps 73:1; Ps 73:13 but also in other cases, though rarely, Isa 34:14; Isa 34:15; Zeph 3:7; Ps 23:6; Ps 139:11
; Ps
140:14;
Job 16:7;
Job 18:21 &
rather singularly
Exod 12:15; Exod 31:13; Lev 23:27; Lev 23:39 (all
P
).
2.
restrictive
:
a.
in contrast to what precedes, howbeit, yet,
but:
Gen 9:4
howbeit, flesh with the life thereof . . . ye shall not eat, Gen 20:12; Exod 21:21; Lev 21:23;
Lev 27:26;
Num 18:15;
Num 18:17;
2Sam 3:13;
Jer 10:24
correct me, אַךְ
בְּמִשְׁפָּט
but with judgment, Job 2:6; Job 13:15 sometimes with an adversative force, as Isa 14:15; Isa 43:24 before an
imperative
(minimizing the request), Gen 23:13
only, if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me ! Gen 27:13; Judg 10:15; 1Sam 18:17; 1Kgs 17:13
and elsewhere So 1Sam 8:9
אַךְ כִּי (see
כִּי
; and compare πλὴν ὅτι).
b.
in contrast to other ideas generally: — (
α) Gen 7:23
; Gen 18:32
אַךְ
הַפַּעַם
only this once (so Exod 10:17 and elsewhere) Exod 34:15; Exod 12:16 (note accents), 1Sam 18:8
וְעוֺד לוֺ אַךְ תַמְּלוּכָה and there yet remains for him only the
kingdom,
1Sam 21:5; Isa 45:14
אַךָ בְּךָ אֵל
only in thee is God! Ps 62:2 etc. Job 14:22; Ps 37:8 fret not thyself אַךְ
לְהָרֵעַ (which leadeth) only to do evil, Prov 11:24 he that withholdeth
more
than is meet אַךְ
לְמַחְסוֺר (tendeth) only to penury, Prov 14:23; Prov 21:5; Prov 22:16
(β)
attaching itself closely to the following word (usually an adjective, rarely a verb), only
,
i.e. exclusively, altogether, utterly
Deut 16:15
and
thou shalt be אַךְ שָׂמֵחַ
altogether rejoicing, Deut 28:29 (compare Deut 28:33
רַק)
Isa 16:7
אַךְ נְכָאִים
utterly stricken, Isa 19:11; Jer 16:19
nought but lies, Jer 32:30; Hos 12:12; Job 19:13
אַךְ זָרוּ are wholly estranged (with play on אַכְזָר
cruel).
c.
as an adverb of time (with infinitive absolute), twice:
Gen 27:30
אַךְ יָצאֹ יָצָא יַעֲקֹבוְ֗֗֗עֵשָׂו בָּא
only just (or scarcely) had Jacob gone out, . . . and (= when)
Esau
came in, Judg
7:19
.
— וְאַח thrice : Gen 9:5
and only (second limitation of Gen 9:3); Num 22:20
but only; Josh 22:19
but howbeit.
Note. — In some passages the affirmative and restrictive senses agree equally with the context; and
authorities read the Hebrew differently. Thus only = nought but, altogether, is adopted
by
Ges
Ew
Hi
De in Ps 23:6; Ps 62:10; Ps 73:1; Ps 73:13 by Ew
Hi
De in Ps 39:6; Ps 39:7 (Che
surely); by Ges
Ew
De in Ps 39:12 (but Hi
Che
surely); by Ew
Hi in Ps 73:18 (De
Che
surely); by Ges
Hi
De in Ps 139:11 (Ew
doch). Isa 45:14
Ges
Ew
Hi
Di
only; but De
Che
of a truth.