כוהן

Hebrew

Root
כ־ה־ן (k-h-n)

Alternative forms

• כהן (kohen)

Etymology

Compare Aramaic כהנא (kāhănā), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhənā), 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): /koːˈheːn/

Noun

כּוֹהֵן / כֹּהֵן • (kohén) m (plural indefinite כּוֹהֲנִים / כֹּהֲנִים, singular construct כּוֹהֵן־ / כֹּהֵן־, plural construct כּוֹהֲנֵי־ / כֹּהֲנֵי־, feminine counterpart כּוֹהֶנֶת / כֹּהֶנֶת)

1. A Jewish priest, a cohen or kohen: a patrilineal descendant of the Biblical Aaron.
2. (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)

1. a surname originating as an occupation, Cohen

Descendants

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