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כֵּן

«כֵּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: base — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 11 times · Key: 3653 · BDB: כֵּן⁶

Glosses

base (8); a.base (1); of.a.base (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

base tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. base, pedestal, office tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. base, pedestal, office (NH כַּנָּה; Aramaic כַּנְתָּא, ܟܰܢܳܐ )—abs. כ׳ Is 33:23 1 K 7:31 (but v. infr.); sf. כַּנּוֹ Ex 30:18 + 11 times; כַּנֶּ֑ךָ Gn 40:13; כַּנִּי 41:13;— lit. base, pedestal, 1 K 7:31 (like) the work of a pedestal (Th VB), according to StaZAW iii, 1883, 161, 162 מַעֲשֵׂה־כֵן is in wrong place, being orig. part of a gloss to v 35;—כ׳ in v 29 = thus, or is textual error;—כֵּן־תָּרְנָם Is 33:23 the base (support or socket) of their mast (so Thes and most); especially of base of laver of tabernacle Ex 30:18, 28; 31:9; 35:16; 38:8; 39:39; 40:11 Lv 8:11 (all P). office, place Gn 40:13; 41:13 (both E); hence (late) עַל־כַּנּוֹ in his place Dn 11:20, 21, 38 (i.e. in his stead, as his successor, cf. Germ. an seiner Stelle); עַל om. v 7.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «כֵּן» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Exodus 40:11

וּמָשַׁחְתָּ֥ אֶת־הַכִּיֹּ֖ר וְאֶת־כַּנּ֑וֹ וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ֖ אֹתֽוֹ׃

Word for word: and you.will.anoint (et) the laver and (et) base its and you.will.consecrate it

JPS 1917: And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it.

Exodus 30:28

וְאֶת־מִזְבַּ֥ח הָעֹלָ֖ה וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֑יו וְאֶת־הַכִּיֹּ֖ר וְאֶת־כַּנּֽוֹ׃

Word for word: and (et) the.altar of the.burnt.offering and (et) all articles its and (et) the laver and (et) base its

JPS 1917: and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.

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