כוהן
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| כ־ה־ן (k-h-n) |
| 4 terms |
Alternative forms
- כהן (kohen)
Etymology
Compare Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna)
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /koˈ(h)en/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /kojˈhen/, /ˈkoj.(h)en/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /koˈ(h)en/, [kuˈ(h)en]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /køˈhen/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /koˈhen/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /koːˈhin/
Noun
כּוֹהֵן / כֹּהֵן • (kohén) m (plural indefinite כּוֹהֲנִים / כֹּהֲנִים, singular construct כּוֹהֵן־ / כֹּהֵן־, plural construct כּוֹהֲנֵי־ / כֹּהֲנֵי־, feminine counterpart כּוֹהֶנֶת / כֹּהֶנֶת) [pattern: קֹטֵל]
- A Jewish priest, a cohen or kohen: a patrilineal descendant of the Biblical Aaron.
- (by extension) The first aliyah, traditionally reserved for a cohen if one is present.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | כּוֹהֵן | first | כּוֹהֲנִי | כּוֹהֲנֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַכּוֹהֵן | second | כּוֹהַנְךָ | כּוֹהֲנֵךְ | כּוֹהַנְכֶם | כּוֹהַנְכֶן | |
| construct | כּוֹהֵן־ | third | כּוֹהֲנוֹ | כּוֹהֲנָהּ | כּוֹהֲנָם | כּוֹהֲנָן | |
| plural | indefinite | כּוֹהֲנִים | first | כוהניי / כּוֹהֲנַי | כּוֹהֲנֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַכּוֹהֲנִים | second | כּוֹהֲנֶיךָ | כוהנייך / כּוֹהֲנַיִךְ | כּוֹהֲנֵיכֶם | כּוֹהֲנֵיכֶן | |
| construct | כּוֹהֲנֵי־ | third | כּוֹהֲנָיו | כּוֹהֲנֶיהָ | כּוֹהֲנֵיהֶם | כּוֹהֲנֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- כּוֹהֵן גָּדוֹל / כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל (kohén gadól)
Descendants
References
- H3548 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- "כוהן" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Proper noun
כּוֹהֵן • (kohen)