שכן
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Arabic سَكَنَ (sakana, “to reside, inhabit”).
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שׁ־כ־ן (š-k-n) |
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
שָׁכַן • (shakhán) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לשכון / לִשְׁכֹּן, future ישכון / יִשְׁכֹּן)
- to dwell, reside
- Tanach, Numbers 23:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃
- ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
kī-mērōš ṣūrīm ʾerʾénnū ūmiggəḇāʿōṯ ʾăšūrénnū hen-ʿām ləḇāḏāḏ yiškōn ūḇaggōyīm lō yiṯḥaššāḇ. - For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
- ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
- to be housed, located
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of שָׁכַן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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past | first | שָׁכַנְתִּי | שָׁכַנּוּ | ||
second | שָׁכַנְתָּ | שָׁכַנְתְּ | שְׁכַנְתֶּם1 | שְׁכַנְתֶּן1 | |
third | שָׁכַן | שָׁכְנָה | שָׁכְנוּ | ||
present | שׁוֹכֵן | שׁוֹכֶנֶת | שׁוֹכְנִים | שׁוֹכְנוֹת | |
future | first | אשכון / אֶשְׁכֹּן | נשכון / נִשְׁכֹּן | ||
second | תשכון / תִּשְׁכֹּן | תִּשְׁכְּנִי | תִּשְׁכְּנוּ | תשכונה / תִּשְׁכֹּנָּה2 | |
third | ישכון / יִשְׁכֹּן | תשכון / תִּשְׁכֹּן | יִשְׁכְּנוּ | תשכונה / תִּשְׁכֹּנָּה2 | |
imperative | שכון / שְׁכֹן | שִׁכְנִי | שִׁכְנוּ | שכונה / שְׁכֹנָּה2 | |
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Related terms edit
- שְׁכִינָה (sh'khiná)
References edit
Noun edit
שָׁכֵן • (shakhén) m (plural indefinite שְׁכֵנִים, feminine counterpart שְׁכֵנָה)
Related terms edit
- שְׁכוּנָה (sh'khuná)
Adjective edit
שָׁכֵן • (shakhén) (feminine שְׁכֵנָה, masculine plural שְׁכֵנִים, feminine plural שְׁכֵנוֹת)