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Hebrew
Etymology 1
From the root כ־ו־ן (k-w-n).
Pronunciation
Verb
כיוון / כִּוֵּן • (kivén) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)
- To direct (as traffic).
Etymology 2
From the above verb.
Pronunciation
Noun
כיוון / כִּוּוּן • (kivún) m (plural indefinite כיוונים / כִּוּוּנִים, singular construct כיוון / כִּוּוּן־)
- A direction, an orientation, a heading.
- נסענו בכיוון תל אביב. — nasánu b'khivún tel avív. — We drove in the direction of Tel Aviv.
- הסתכלתי בכיוון שלו. — histakálti bakivún sheló. — I looked in his direction.
- סובבת עם כיוון השעון? — sovávta im kivún hashaón? — Did you turn clockwise?
- Directing: pointing a person in a given direction.
- השומר אחראי על כיוון כלי־הרכב בחניון. — hashomér akhrái al kivún klei-harékhev bakhaniyón. — The guard is responsible for the directing of vehicles in the parking structure.
- A perspective, a point of view, a standpoint.
- אני רואה את הדבר מכיוון אחד ואתה מכיוון אחר. — aní roé et hadavár mikivún ekhád v'atá mikivún akhér. — I see the issue from one point of view and you see it from a different one.
- An adjustment, a tuning (of a machine).
- בעקבות כיוון המצבר המכונית שוב נוסעת. — b'ikvót kivún hamatzbér ham'khonít shuv nosáat. — After the adjustment of the battery, the car drives again.