אָכֵן (perhaps from אַח; compare Aramaic דֵּח & דִּכֵּן) adverb with strong asseverative force:
\ \ a. surely, truly, especially at beginning of a speech (stronger & more decided than אַח) [Gen 28:16]; [Exod 2:14]; [1Sam 15:32]; [Isa 40:7]; [Isa 45:15]; [Jer 3:23] (twice in verse); [Jer 4:10]; [Jer 8:8]. In [1Kgs 11:2] אָבֵן stands unusually; and פֶּןֿ (compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7) should probably be read (so Klo).
\ \ b. emphasizing a contrast, but indeed, but in fact, especially after אָמַרְתִּי I said or thought, expressing the reality, in opposed to what had been wrongly imagined, [Isa 49:4]b (opposed to va) [Isa 53:4] (opposed to v[Isa 53:3] end) [Jer 3:20] (opposed to the expectation v[Jer 3:19] b) [Zeph 3:7]b [Ps 31:23]b (opposed to v[Ps 31:23]a) [Ps 66:19]; [Ps 82:7] (opposed to v[Ps 82:6]) [Job 32:8] (opposed to v[Job 32:7]).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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