אתן

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔantin.

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔatʰˈtʰin(n)/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔatʰˈtʰɛn/, [ʔatˈtʰɛː.ɛn]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔatʰˈtʰan/, [ʔætˈtʰæːn]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ætˈten/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔatˈten/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): (East) /ʔatˈten/, (West) /(ʔ)aˈten/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈtɛn/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈten/

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Pronoun

אַתֶּן • (atén) f pl

1. You, y'all, you guys: the second-person feminine plural subject pronoun.

See also

Hebrew personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		אֲנִי (aní), אנוכי / אָנֹכִי (anokhí)	אֲנַחְנוּ (anákhnu), אָנוּ (ánu)
2nd person	m	אַתָּה (atá)	אַתֶּם (atém)
	f	אַתְּ (at)	אַתֶּן (atén)
3rd person	m	הוּא (hu)	הֵם (hem)
	f	הִיא (hi)	הֵן (hen)

Etymology 2

Preposition

אתן

1. (אֹתָן, otán) Form of את (et) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling: them (as a direct object).
   • Tanach, Ezekiel 16:54, with translation of the Darby Bible:

     וְנִכְלַמְתְּ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂית בְּנַחֲמֵךְ אֹתָן

     v'nichlámt mikól ashér asít b'nachaméch otán

     and mayest be confounded for all that thou hast done, in that thou comfortest them

2. (אִתָּן, itán) Form of את (et) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling, form of עם (im) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling: with them.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɛtʰˈtʰeːn/, [ʔɛtˈtʰeː.en]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔatʰˈtʰen/, [ʔætˈtʰeːn]
• (Persian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)etˈten/
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔetˈten/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): (East) /ʔetˈten/, (West) /(ʔ)eˈten/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɛˈtejn/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)eˈten/

Verb

אֶתֵּן • (etén)

1. First-person singular future (prefix conjugation) of נתן (natán).
   • Tanach, Exodus 2:9, with translation of the Darby Bible:

     הֵילִיכִי אֶת הַיֶּלֶד הַזֶּה וְהֵינִקִהוּ לִי וַאֲנִי אֶתֵּן אֶת שְׂכָרֵךְ

     helíchi et hayéled hazé v'henikéhu li vaaní etén et s'charéch

     Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give [thee] thy wages