Jastrow: הוֹגָן

הוֹגָן m. (preced.) balance; only in כְּהֹ׳ (adv.) appropriately, reasonably, correspondingly. Gen. R. s. 93 כה׳ וכשורה עשה he acted (according to balance and line) exactly right. Taan. 4ᵃ שאלו שלא כה׳ made an unreasonable demand (making their actions dependent on chance); לשנים השיבו כה׳ two of them were answered properly (Providence favoring their ways); Gen. R. s. 60; Lev. R. s. 37. Yeb. 110ᵃ הוא עשה שלא כה׳ וכ׳ he acted improperly, therefore the court deals with him improperly (more strictly than the law would justify) and declares his marriage invalid; B. Bath. 48ᵇ; a. fr.