שכן

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Hebrew

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic سَكَنَ (sakana, “to reside, inhabit”).

Root
שׁ־כ־ן (š-k-n)

Pronunciation

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Verb

שָׁכַן • (shakhán) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לשכון / לִשְׁכֹּן, future ישכון / יִשְׁכֹּן)

  1. to dwell, reside
    • Tanach, Numbers 23:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃
      ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
      kī-mērōš ṣūrīm ʾerʾénnū ūmiggəḇāʿōṯ ʾăšūrénnū hen-ʿām ləḇāḏāḏ yiškōn ūḇaggōyīm lō yiṯḥaššāḇ.
      For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
  2. to be housed, located

Conjugation

Conjugation of שָׁכַן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שָׁכַנְתִּי שָׁכַנּוּ
second שָׁכַנְתָּ שָׁכַנְתְּ שְׁכַנְתֶּם1 שְׁכַנְתֶּן1
third שָׁכַן שָׁכְנָה שָׁכְנוּ
present שׁוֹכֵן שׁוֹכֶנֶת שׁוֹכְנִים שׁוֹכְנוֹת
future first אשכון / אֶשְׁכֹּן נשכון / נִשְׁכֹּן
second תשכון / תִּשְׁכֹּן תִּשְׁכְּנִי תִּשְׁכְּנוּ תשכונה / תִּשְׁכֹּנָּה2
third ישכון / יִשְׁכֹּן תשכון / תִּשְׁכֹּן יִשְׁכְּנוּ תשכונה / תִּשְׁכֹּנָּה2
imperative שכון / שְׁכֹן שִׁכְנִי שִׁכְנוּ שכונה / שְׁכֹנָּה2
notes
  1. Pronounced שָׁכַנְתֶּם and שָׁכַנְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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References

Noun

שָׁכֵן • (shakhén) m (plural indefinite שְׁכֵנִים, feminine counterpart שְׁכֵנָה)

  1. neighbor

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Adjective

שָׁכֵן • (shakhén) (feminine שְׁכֵנָה, masculine plural שְׁכֵנִים, feminine plural שְׁכֵנוֹת)

  1. neighboring

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׁכֵן.

Pronunciation

Noun

שכן • (shokhn) m, plural שכנים (shkheynem)

  1. neighbour
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