"כוהן" meaning in Hebrew

See כוהן in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /koˈ(h)en/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /kojˈhen/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ˈkoj.(h)en/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /koˈ(h)en/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), [kuˈ(h)en] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /køˈhen/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], /koˈhen/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], /koːˈheːn/ [Biblical-Hebrew] Forms: כּוֹהֵן [canonical], kohen [romanization]
Etymology: Compare Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna) Etymology templates: {{cog|arc|כהנא|tr=kāhnā}} Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā), {{cog|uga|𐎋𐎅𐎐}} Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), {{cog|phn|𐤊𐤄𐤍}} Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), {{cog|syc|ܟܗܢܐ|tr=kāhnā}} Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā), {{cog|ar|كَاهِن}} Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin), {{cog|gez|ካህን}} Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), {{cog|mid|ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ|tr=kahna}} Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna) Head templates: {{he-proper noun|tr=kohen|wv=כּוֹהֵן}} כּוֹהֵן • (kohen)
  1. a surname originating as an occupation, Cohen
    Sense id: en-כוהן-he-name-0nLG~S62 Categories (other): Hebrew surnames, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 34 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 32 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: כהן (kohen)

Noun

IPA: /koˈ(h)en/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /kojˈhen/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ˈkoj.(h)en/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /koˈ(h)en/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), [kuˈ(h)en] (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /køˈhen/ [Yemenite-Hebrew], /koˈhen/ [Tiberian-Hebrew], /koːˈheːn/ [Biblical-Hebrew]
Etymology: Compare Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna) Etymology templates: {{cog|arc|כהנא|tr=kāhnā}} Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā), {{cog|uga|𐎋𐎅𐎐}} Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), {{cog|phn|𐤊𐤄𐤍}} Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), {{cog|syc|ܟܗܢܐ|tr=kāhnā}} Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā), {{cog|ar|كَاهِن}} Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin), {{cog|gez|ካህን}} Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), {{cog|mid|ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ|tr=kahna}} Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna) Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=כוהן|consdwv=כֹּהֵן|conswv=כּוֹהֵן|dwv=כֹּהֵן|f=כוהנת|fdwv=כֹּהֶנֶת|fwv=כּוֹהֶנֶת|g=m|pl=כוהנים|plcons=כוהני|plconsdwv=כֹּהֲנֵי|plconswv=כּוֹהֲנֵי|pldwv=כֹּהֲנִים|plwv=כּוֹהֲנִים|tr=kohén|wv=כּוֹהֵן}} כּוֹהֵן / כֹּהֵן • (kohén) m (plural indefinite כּוֹהֲנִים / כֹּהֲנִים, singular construct כּוֹהֵן־ / כֹּהֵן־, plural construct כּוֹהֲנֵי־ / כֹּהֲנֵי־, feminine counterpart כּוֹהֶנֶת / כֹּהֶנֶת) Forms: כּוֹהֵן [canonical], כֹּהֵן [canonical], kohén [romanization], כּוֹהֲנִים [indefinite, plural], כֹּהֲנִים [indefinite, plural], כּוֹהֵן־ [construct, singular], כֹּהֵן־ [construct, singular], כּוֹהֲנֵי־ [construct, plural], כֹּהֲנֵי־ [construct, plural], כּוֹהֶנֶת [feminine], כֹּהֶנֶת [feminine]
  1. A Jewish priest, a cohen or kohen: a patrilineal descendant of the Biblical Aaron.
    Sense id: en-כוהן-he-noun-qgsM3S7m Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 20 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 33 44 23
  2. (by extension) The first aliyah, traditionally reserved for a cohen if one is present. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-כוהן-he-noun-2ebJ~wTP Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: כהן (kohen) Derived forms: כּוֹהֵן גָּדוֹל (kohén gadól), כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל (kohén gadól)

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kohén gadól",
      "word": "כּוֹהֵן גָּדוֹל"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kohén gadól",
      "word": "כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kohen",
            "3": "cohen"
          },
          "expansion": "English: kohen, cohen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: kohen, cohen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כהנא",
        "tr": "kāhnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎋𐎅𐎐"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "𐤊𐤄𐤍"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܟܗܢܐ",
        "tr": "kāhnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كَاهِن"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ካህን"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ካህን (kahn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mid",
        "2": "ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ",
        "tr": "kahna"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֵן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כֹּהֵן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kohén",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֲנִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כֹּהֲנִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֵן־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כֹּהֵן־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֲנֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כֹּהֲנֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֶנֶת",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כֹּהֶנֶת",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "כוהן",
        "consdwv": "כֹּהֵן",
        "conswv": "כּוֹהֵן",
        "dwv": "כֹּהֵן",
        "f": "כוהנת",
        "fdwv": "כֹּהֶנֶת",
        "fwv": "כּוֹהֶנֶת",
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "כוהנים",
        "plcons": "כוהני",
        "plconsdwv": "כֹּהֲנֵי",
        "plconswv": "כּוֹהֲנֵי",
        "pldwv": "כֹּהֲנִים",
        "plwv": "כּוֹהֲנִים",
        "tr": "kohén",
        "wv": "כּוֹהֵן"
      },
      "expansion": "כּוֹהֵן / כֹּהֵן • (kohén) m (plural indefinite כּוֹהֲנִים / כֹּהֲנִים, singular construct כּוֹהֵן־ / כֹּהֵן־, plural construct כּוֹהֲנֵי־ / כֹּהֲנֵי־, feminine counterpart כּוֹהֶנֶת / כֹּהֶנֶת)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 42 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 44 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A Jewish priest, a cohen or kohen: a patrilineal descendant of the Biblical Aaron."
      ],
      "id": "en-כוהן-he-noun-qgsM3S7m",
      "links": [
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "cohen",
          "cohen"
        ],
        [
          "kohen",
          "kohen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 42 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first aliyah, traditionally reserved for a cohen if one is present."
      ],
      "id": "en-כוהן-he-noun-2ebJ~wTP",
      "links": [
        [
          "aliyah",
          "aliyah"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) The first aliyah, traditionally reserved for a cohen if one is present."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈ(h)en/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kojˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoj.(h)en/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈ(h)en/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuˈ(h)en]",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/køˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koːˈheːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kohen",
      "word": "כהן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "כוהן"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "10": "Kohn",
            "2": "Cahn",
            "3": "Coen",
            "4": "Cohen",
            "5": "Cohn",
            "6": "Kahn",
            "7": "Kagan",
            "8": "Kogan",
            "9": "Kohen"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Cahn, Coen, Cohen, Cohn, Kahn, Kagan, Kogan, Kohen, Kohn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Cahn, Coen, Cohen, Cohn, Kahn, Kagan, Kogan, Kohen, Kohn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כהנא",
        "tr": "kāhnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎋𐎅𐎐"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "𐤊𐤄𐤍"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܟܗܢܐ",
        "tr": "kāhnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كَاهِن"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ካህን"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ካህን (kahn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mid",
        "2": "ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ",
        "tr": "kahna"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֵן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kohen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "kohen",
        "wv": "כּוֹהֵן"
      },
      "expansion": "כּוֹהֵן • (kohen)",
      "name": "he-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 42 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 34 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 32 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname originating as an occupation, Cohen"
      ],
      "id": "en-כוהן-he-name-0nLG~S62",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ],
        [
          "Cohen",
          "Cohen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈ(h)en/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kojˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoj.(h)en/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈ(h)en/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuˈ(h)en]",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/køˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koːˈheːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kohen",
      "word": "כהן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "כוהן"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew proper nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for gender in Hebrew entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kohén gadól",
      "word": "כּוֹהֵן גָּדוֹל"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kohén gadól",
      "word": "כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kohen",
            "3": "cohen"
          },
          "expansion": "English: kohen, cohen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: kohen, cohen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כהנא",
        "tr": "kāhnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎋𐎅𐎐"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "𐤊𐤄𐤍"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܟܗܢܐ",
        "tr": "kāhnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كَاهِن"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ካህን"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ካህን (kahn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mid",
        "2": "ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ",
        "tr": "kahna"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֵן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כֹּהֵן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kohén",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֲנִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כֹּהֲנִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֵן־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כֹּהֵן־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֲנֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כֹּהֲנֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֶנֶת",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כֹּהֶנֶת",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "כוהן",
        "consdwv": "כֹּהֵן",
        "conswv": "כּוֹהֵן",
        "dwv": "כֹּהֵן",
        "f": "כוהנת",
        "fdwv": "כֹּהֶנֶת",
        "fwv": "כּוֹהֶנֶת",
        "g": "m",
        "pl": "כוהנים",
        "plcons": "כוהני",
        "plconsdwv": "כֹּהֲנֵי",
        "plconswv": "כּוֹהֲנֵי",
        "pldwv": "כֹּהֲנִים",
        "plwv": "כּוֹהֲנִים",
        "tr": "kohén",
        "wv": "כּוֹהֵן"
      },
      "expansion": "כּוֹהֵן / כֹּהֵן • (kohén) m (plural indefinite כּוֹהֲנִים / כֹּהֲנִים, singular construct כּוֹהֵן־ / כֹּהֵן־, plural construct כּוֹהֲנֵי־ / כֹּהֲנֵי־, feminine counterpart כּוֹהֶנֶת / כֹּהֶנֶת)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A Jewish priest, a cohen or kohen: a patrilineal descendant of the Biblical Aaron."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "cohen",
          "cohen"
        ],
        [
          "kohen",
          "kohen"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The first aliyah, traditionally reserved for a cohen if one is present."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aliyah",
          "aliyah"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) The first aliyah, traditionally reserved for a cohen if one is present."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈ(h)en/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kojˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoj.(h)en/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈ(h)en/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuˈ(h)en]",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/køˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koːˈheːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kohen",
      "word": "כהן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "כוהן"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew proper nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for gender in Hebrew entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "10": "Kohn",
            "2": "Cahn",
            "3": "Coen",
            "4": "Cohen",
            "5": "Cohn",
            "6": "Kahn",
            "7": "Kagan",
            "8": "Kogan",
            "9": "Kohen"
          },
          "expansion": "English: Cahn, Coen, Cohen, Cohn, Kahn, Kagan, Kogan, Kohen, Kohn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: Cahn, Coen, Cohen, Cohn, Kahn, Kagan, Kogan, Kohen, Kohn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "כהנא",
        "tr": "kāhnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎋𐎅𐎐"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "𐤊𐤄𐤍"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܟܗܢܐ",
        "tr": "kāhnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "كَاهِن"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ካህን"
      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ካህን (kahn)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mid",
        "2": "ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ",
        "tr": "kahna"
      },
      "expansion": "Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Aramaic כהנא (kāhnā), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎅𐎐 (khn), Phoenician 𐤊𐤄𐤍 (khn), Classical Syriac ܟܗܢܐ (kāhnā), Arabic كَاهِن (kāhin), Ge'ez ካህን (kahn), Mandaic ࡊࡀࡄࡍࡀ (kahna)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כּוֹהֵן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kohen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "kohen",
        "wv": "כּוֹהֵן"
      },
      "expansion": "כּוֹהֵן • (kohen)",
      "name": "he-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew surnames",
        "Hebrew surnames from occupations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname originating as an occupation, Cohen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ],
        [
          "Cohen",
          "Cohen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈ(h)en/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kojˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoj.(h)en/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈ(h)en/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kuˈ(h)en]",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/køˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koˈhen/",
      "tags": [
        "Tiberian-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/koːˈheːn/",
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "kohen",
      "word": "כהן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "כוהן"
}

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