אתן

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔantin.

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)[PP 1]		 אֲנַחְנוּ‎ (anákhnu),
אָנוּ‎ (ánu)[PP 2]
2nd person m אַתָּה‎ (atá) אַתֶּם‎ (atém)
f אַתְּ‎ (at) אַתֶּן‎ (atén)
3rd person m הוּא‎ (hu) הֵם‎ (hem)[PP 3]
f הִיא‎ (hi) הֵן‎ (hen)[PP 3]
  1. The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי‎ (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today.
  2. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ‎ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ‎ (anákhnu) the more colloquial.
  3. In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם‎ (atém) and הֵם‎ (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן‎ (atén) and הֵן‎ (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.

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).
    • 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.

Verb

אֶתֵּן • (etén)

  1. First-person singular future (prefix conjugation) of נתן‎ (natán).
    • 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
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