כן

Aramaic

Adverb

כֵּן (kēn)

  1. thus, so, next
  2. then, afterwards, soon, shortly

Hebrew

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ken/

Adverb

כֵּן (kén)

  1. yes
  2. (archaic) thus, so
    • Genesis 29:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂה כֵן בִּמְקוֹמֵנוּ לָתֵת הַצְּעִירָה לִפְנֵי הַבְּכִירָה׃
      vayómer laván lo-ye'asé khén bim'koménu latét hats'irá lif'néi hab'khirá.
      wayyṓmer lāḇān lō-yēʿāśe ḵēn biməqōmḗnu lāṯēṯ haṣṣəʿīrā lip̄ənē habbəḵīrā.
      And Laban said: ‘It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.[’]

Derived terms

Noun

כַּן (kan) m

  1. pedestal, stand

Further reading

References

  • כן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.