כוהן

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Hebrew

Root
כ־ה־ן (k-h-n)

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/,
(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)

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.

Derived terms

כּוֹהֵן גָּדוֹל / כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל (kohén gadól)

Descendants

English: kohen, cohen

References

H3548 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Proper noun

כּוֹהֵן • (kohen)

a surname originating as an occupation, Cohen

Descendants

English: Cahn, Coen, Cohen, Cohn, Kahn, Kagan, Kogan, Kohen, Kohn

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