10:9 עַל־כֵּן יֵֽאָמַר כְּנִמְרֹד therefore it is said, as Nimrod; 6:21 מִכָּל־מַֽאֲכָל אֲשֶׁר יֵֽאָכֵל take of all food which is eaten (edible); Pr. 10:1 בֵּן חָכָם יְשַׂמַּח־אָב a wise son makes a father glad. Particularly with כֵּן so, כֵּֽאֲשֶׁר as, and similar words. 1 S. 24:14 כַּֽאֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר מְשַׁל הַקַּדְמֹנִי מֵֽרְשָׁעִים יֵצֵא רֶשַׁע as says the proverb, Out of the evil cometh forth evil; Jud. 7:5 כַּֽאֲשֶׁר יָלֹק הַכֶּלֶב as a dog laps; Gen. 29:26 לֹא־יֵֽעָשֶׂה כֵן בִּמְקֹמֵנוּ it is not so done in our country. Sometimes this is not has the nuance of ought not. Gen. 20:9 מַֽעֲשִׂים אשׁר לֹא־יֵֽעָשׂוּ deeds which ought not to be done, cf. 34:7, 2 S. 13:12. — Gen. 50:3, Ex. 33:11, Deu. 1:31, 44; 2:11, 20; 28:29, Jud. 11:40; 14:10, 1 S. 5:5; 19:24, 2 S. 5:8; 13:18; 19:4, Am. 3:7, 12, Hos. 2:1 (cannot be counted). Of a universal truth, Ex. 23:8, Deu. 16:19 a gift blinds, 1 S. 16:7, 2 S. 11:25 the sword devours, 1 K. 8:46 no one who sinneth not, Ps. 1:3–6. Of a characteristic or habit, Gen. 44:5, Ex. 4:14 speaks (can speak), Deu. 10:17, 1 S. 23:22, 2 S. 19:36, 2 K. 9:20 drives furiously, Is. 13:17, 18 (the Medes), 28:27, 28, Ps. 1:2, Job 9:11–13. But also of an event repeated or general within a limited area. 1 S. 9:6 כל אשׁר יְדַבֵּר בֹּא יָבֹא whatever he speaks comes true; 1 K. 22:8 לֹא יִתְנַבֵּא עָלַי טוֹב he never prophesies good about me. Ex. 13:15; 18:15, 2 K. 6:12, Hos. 4:8, 13; 7:1–3, 14–16; 13:2 kiss calves, Am. 2:7, 8, Is. 1:23; 14:8, Mic. 3:11.
(b) Of actions customary or general in the past. Gen. 2:6 וְאֵד יַֽעֲלֶה and a mist used to go up. 1 S. 2:19 אִמּו וּמְעִיל קָטֹן תַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לּוֹ and a little robe his mother used to make for him. 2 Chr. 9:21 once every three years תָּבוֹאנָה אֳנִיּוֹת תַּרְשִׁישׁ came the ships of Tarsh. This impf. may distribute an action over its details or particulars; Gen. 2:19 וְכֹל אֳשֶׁר יִקְרָא־לוֹ הָֽאָדָם whatever he called it. Particularly under the influence of a negative; 1 S. 13:19 וְחָרָשׁ לֹא יִמָּצֵאa smith
