Hebrew

Adjective

כָּאן • ‎(kán)

1. Here, at this place.

Usage notes

• The adjective use is essentially a special case of the adverb use; hence, the adjective does not change form to agree with its subject.

Adverb

כָּאן • ‎(kán)

1. Here, at this place.

Usage notes

• Unlike English, Hebrew draws an obligatory distinction between “[at] here” and “[to] here”. כאן is the former; לכאן ‎(l'khán) is the latter.

Noun

כָּאן • ‎(kán) ?

1. Here, this place.

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَانَ ‎(kāna).

Verb

כאן ‎(kāna) ‎(impf. יכון, yakūnu)

1. to be
   • Genesis 1:3 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃‎

     wašāʾa llāhu ʾan yakūnu nūrun fakāna nūrun.

     And God willed there to be light, and then there was light.