en
part of speech
preposition and pronoun (French «en» = in, to, of it); noun (an en, ens — printing: en dash); in phrases «en route», «en masse» — not an English word on its own
meaning for a pupil
1) (French) «En» means «in» or «to» with countries and months, and «in» or «by» for ways of travelling: «en France» (in France), «en été» (in summer), «en bus» (by bus). tree →
2) (French) «En» also means «some» or «of it»: «j'en veux» means «I want some». tree →
3) English borrows French phrases: «en route» (on the way), «en masse» (all together in a big group). tree →
4) (printing) An «en dash» (–) is a dash about the width of the letter n. To an English ear French «en» sounds like a nasal «on». tree →
5) En can also mean "and" in some old country speech, as in "Brer Rabbit en Brer Fox." tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, En-mishpat ("spring of judgment") is another name for Kadesh. Here "En" is a place name, not the French word. In the primary lessons: In French lessons «en» comes with countries («je vais en Espagne» – I'm going to Spain), seasons and transport. English phrases with «en» appear in stories and news: «en route to school», «the fans arrived en masse». In English typing, the en dash is used in number ranges: «pages 4–9».
examples
- And they turned back, and came to En-mishpat — the same is Kadesh — and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. (Torah GEN.14.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- Source: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/SepherYetzirah (/Preface, /Introduction, /SepherYetzirah), fetched via index.php?action=render on 2026-10-17. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- psn ppn nvnix DTtfl onK'y Twenty-two letters He en- (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor; (Prophets JOS.19.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam; (Prophets JOS.15.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez; (Prophets JOS.19.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- «J'habite en Angleterre» means «I live in England». tree →
- «En hiver» means «in winter». tree →
- We stopped for a snack en route to the beach. tree →
- The parents arrived en masse for the school play. tree →
- «Tu en veux?» means «do you want some?» tree →
- Use an en dash in ranges like «5–10». tree →
- French «en» sounds a bit like «on» said through the nose. tree →
- How Miss Brune en Miss Brindle?" tree →
note
As a word, French, not English, except in phrases like «en route» and «en masse». Do not confuse with the English ending «-en» (golden, wooden, broken) or with «an».
In the corpora
- and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam;
- and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.
- and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez;
- and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor;
- Jarmuth with the open land about it, En-gannim with the open land about it; four cities.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «en» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.