An Aramaic conjunction marking logical inference or tentative condition. In Daniel, it introduces royal commands ('therefore tell me the dream,' Dan 2:6, 9) and advice ('therefore, O king, accept my counsel,' Dan 4:27). BDB notes a debate whether it always means 'therefore' or sometimes 'only/perhaps.' The Spanish por tanto, tal vez and French si, German deshalb reflect both inferential and conditional nuances. The word signals rhetorical transition and reasoning.