"כיהן" meaning in Hebrew

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Verb

Head templates: {{he-verb|pi|dwv=כִּהֵן|tr=kihén}} כיהן / כִּהֵן • (kihén) (pi'el construction) Inflection templates: {{he-conj|pi|כהן|noun=-}} Forms: כִּהֵן [canonical], kihén [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], כיהנתי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], כִּהַנְתִּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, singular], כיהנו [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], כִּהַנּוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, past, plural], כיהנת [masculine, past, second-person, singular], כִּהַנְתָּ [masculine, past, second-person, singular], כיהנת [feminine, past, second-person, singular], כִּהַנְתְּ [feminine, past, second-person, singular], כיהנתם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], כִּהַנְתֶּם [masculine, past, plural, second-person], כיהנתן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], כִּהַנְתֶּן [feminine, past, plural, second-person], כיהן [masculine, past, singular, third-person], כִּהֵן [masculine, past, singular, third-person], כיהנה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], כִּהֲנָה [feminine, past, singular, third-person], כיהנו [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], כִּהֲנוּ [feminine, masculine, past, plural, third-person], מְכַהֵן [masculine, present, singular], מְכַהֶנֶת [feminine, present, singular], מְכַהֲנִים [masculine, plural, present], מְכַהֲנוֹת [feminine, plural, present], אֲכַהֵן [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, singular], נְכַהֵן [feminine, first-person, future, masculine, plural], תְּכַהֵן [future, masculine, second-person, singular], תְּכַהֲנִי [feminine, future, second-person, singular], תְּכַהֲנוּ [future, masculine, plural, second-person], תְּכַהֵנָּה [feminine, future, plural, second-person], יְכַהֵן [future, masculine, singular, third-person], תְּכַהֵן [feminine, future, singular, third-person], יְכַהֲנוּ [future, masculine, plural, third-person], תְּכַהֵנָּה [feminine, future, plural, third-person], כַּהֵן [imperative, masculine, singular], כַּהֲנִי [feminine, imperative, singular], כַּהֲנוּ [imperative, masculine, plural], כַּהֵנָּה [feminine, imperative, plural]
  1. to hold a senior position Tags: construction-pi'el
    Sense id: en-כיהן-he-verb-6WyrCsJ2
  2. (Biblical Hebrew) to serve as a priest Tags: Biblical-Hebrew, construction-pi'el
    Sense id: en-כיהן-he-verb-mRSZnOeL Categories (other): Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew terms belonging to the root כ־ה־ן, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root כ־ה־ן: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89

Alternative forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כִּהֵן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kihén",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כיהנתי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּהַנְתִּי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כיהנו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּהַנּוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כיהנת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּהַנְתָּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כיהנת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּהַנְתְּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כיהנתם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּהַנְתֶּם",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כיהנתן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּהַנְתֶּן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כיהן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּהֵן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כיהנה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּהֲנָה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כיהנו",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּהֲנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְכַהֵן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְכַהֶנֶת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְכַהֲנִים",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְכַהֲנוֹת",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "אֲכַהֵן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "נְכַהֵן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּכַהֵן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּכַהֲנִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּכַהֲנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּכַהֵנָּה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְכַהֵן",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּכַהֵן",
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        "feminine",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "יְכַהֲנוּ",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "תְּכַהֵנָּה",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כַּהֵן",
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        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כַּהֲנִי",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כַּהֲנוּ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כַּהֵנָּה",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "כִּהֵן",
        "tr": "kihén"
      },
      "expansion": "כיהן / כִּהֵן • (kihén) (pi'el construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "כהן",
        "noun": "-"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hold a senior position"
      ],
      "id": "en-כיהן-he-verb-6WyrCsJ2",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Biblical Hebrew",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root כ־ה־ן",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "to serve as a priest"
      ],
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        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
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          "priest",
          "priest"
        ]
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        "(Biblical Hebrew) to serve as a priest"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "construction-pi'el"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כיהן"
}

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    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew pi'el verbs",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root כ־ה־ן",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "כִּהֵן",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kihén",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-conj",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "כיהנתי",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "first-person",
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        "past",
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    {
      "form": "כיהנו",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כִּהַנּוּ",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "כִּהַנְתָּ",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "כיהנת",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "second-person"
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    {
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    {
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    {
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    {
      "form": "כיהנו",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "כִּהֲנוּ",
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        "masculine",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "מְכַהֵן",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "מְכַהֶנֶת",
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "מְכַהֲנִים",
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "מְכַהֲנוֹת",
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        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "אֲכַהֵן",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "נְכַהֵן",
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        "first-person",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "תְּכַהֵן",
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        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "תְּכַהֲנִי",
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        "future",
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    {
      "form": "תְּכַהֲנוּ",
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        "future",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "תְּכַהֵנָּה",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "יְכַהֵן",
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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      "form": "תְּכַהֵן",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "תְּכַהֵנָּה",
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        "third-person"
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    {
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        "imperative",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "כִּהֵן",
        "tr": "kihén"
      },
      "expansion": "כיהן / כִּהֵן • (kihén) (pi'el construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "כהן",
        "noun": "-"
      },
      "name": "he-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hold a senior position"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Biblical Hebrew"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to serve as a priest"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Biblical Hebrew) to serve as a priest"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Biblical-Hebrew",
        "construction-pi'el"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "כיהן"
}

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