כוהן

Hebrew

Root
כ־ה־ן‎ (k-h-n)

Alternative forms

כהן‎ (kohen)

Etymology

Compare Aramaic כהנא‎ (kāhănā), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍‎ (khn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ‎ (kāhənā), Arabic كَاهِن‎ (kāhin), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ‎ (kahna)

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koˈ(h)en/
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kojˈhen/, /ˈkoj.(h)en/
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koˈ(h)en/, [kuˈ(h)en]
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /køˈhen/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koˈhen/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /koːˈheːn/

Noun

כּוֹהֵן /כֹּהֵן • (kohén) m (plural indefinite כּוֹהֲנִים / כֹּהֲנִים‎, singular construct כּוֹהֵן־ / כֹּהֵן־, plural construct כּוֹהֲנֵי־ / כֹּהֲנֵי־‎, feminine counterpart כּוֹהֶנֶת / כֹּהֶנֶת‎)

A Jewish priest, a cohen or kohen: a patrilineal descendant of the Biblical Aaron.
(by extension) The first aliyah, traditionally reserved for a cohen if one is present.

Descendants

English: kohen, cohen

References

H3548 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Proper noun

כּוֹהֵן • (kohen)

a surname originating as an occupation, Cohen

Descendants

English: Cahn, Coen, Cohen, Cohn, Kahn, Kagan, Kogan, Kohen, Kohn

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