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הכא and התם

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ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

הָכָא · הָתָם

Pedagogical transliterationhakha · hatam

Plain meaninghere · there

Any vocalization or pronunciation shown here is pedagogical unless the cited source itself is pointed.

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הכא and התם

The Gemara constantly compares cases: here versus there, this source versus another source, one legal setting versus another. הכא and התם are therefore more than location vocabulary; they often label the two sides of a distinction.

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הָכָא · הָתָם

ORIGINAL

JBA-005

hakha · hatam

READING

Pedagogical reading guide

here · there

MEANING

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

REMEMBER

הכא and התם

הכא/התם often organize a comparison between two cases.