עשן

Aramaic

Verb

עשן • (transliteration needed)

1. to overcome, to prevail

Hebrew

Root
ע־שׁ־ן (ʿ-sh-n)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʿṯn (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

עָשָׁן • (ashán) m (plural indefinite עֲשָׁנִים, singular construct עֲשַׁן־, plural construct עַשְׁנֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. (uncountable) smoke (the visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material)

Derived terms

• אֵין עָשָׁן בְּלִי אֵשׁ (ein ashán b'lí esh)

Verb

עִשֵּׁן • (ishén) (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of עישן (ishén).

References

• H6227 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “עשן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• עשן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he