קן

Hebrew

Root
ק־נ־ן (q-n-n)
3 terms

קן

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qin/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qen/, [qeːn]
• (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־, plural construct קיני / קִנֵּי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

1. nest (bird-built structure)

Declension

Declension of קֵן

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	קֵן	first	קִנִּי		קִנֵּנוּ
	definite	הַקֵּן	second	קִנְּךָ	קִנֵּךְ	קִנְּכֶם	קִנְּכֶן
	construct	קַן־	third	קִנּוֹ	קִנָּהּ	קִנָּם	קִנָּן
plural	indefinite	קִנִּים	first	קניי / קִנַּי		קִנֵּינוּ
	definite	הַקִּנִּים	second	קִנֶּיךָ	קנייך / קִנַּיִךְ	קִנֵּיכֶם	קִנֵּיכֶן
	construct	קִנֵּי־	third	קִנָּיו	קִנֶּיהָ	קִנֵּיהֶם	קִנֵּיהֶן

References

• H7064 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “קֵן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 583c
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1387b
• “קן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language