קן

Hebrew

Root
ק־נ־ן (q-n-n)

קן

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qin/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈqeːn/, [ˈqeː.en]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːn/, [ˈɡeːn] (Sanaani), /ˈqeːn/, [ˈqeːn] (Sharaabi)
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qen/ (East), /ken/ (West)
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kejn/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ken/
• Homophone: כֵּן

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Noun

קֵן • (ken) m (plural indefinite קינים / קִנִּים, singular construct קַן־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. nest (bird-built structure)

References

• H7064 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible