כן
Aramaic
Adverb
כֵּן • (kēn)
- thus, so, next
- Ezra 5:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- בֵּהּ־זִמְנָא אֲתָה עֲלֵיהוֹן תַּתְּנַי פַּחַת עֲבַר־נַהֲרָה וּשְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי וּכְנָוָתְהוֹן וְכֵן אָמְרִין לְהֹם מַן־שָׂם לְכֹם טְעֵם בַּיְתָא דְנָה לִבְּנֵא וְאֻשַּׁרְנָא דְנָה לְשַׁכְלָלָה׃
- bēh-zimnā ʾăṯā ʿălēhōn tattənay paḥaṯ ʿăḇar-nahărā ūšəṯar bōzənay ūḵənāwāṯəhōn wəḵēn ʾāmərīn ləhōm man-śām ləḵōm ṭəʿēm bayṯā ḏənā libbənē wəʾuššarnā ḏənā ləšaḵlālā.
- At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this structure?’
- Ezra 5:3, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- then, afterwards, soon, shortly
Hebrew
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ken/
Adverb
כֵּן • (kén)
- yes
- (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.[’]
- vayómer laván lo-ye'asé khén bim'koménu latét hats'irá lif'néi hab'khirá.
- Genesis 29:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
Further reading
כן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
References
- “כן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.
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