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שכן

שכן

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־כ־ן

Verb

שָׁכַן (shakhán) (pa'al construction, infinitive לשכון \ לִשְׁכֹּן, future ישכון \ יִשְׁכֹּן)

  1. to dwell, reside
    • Numbers 23:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      כִּי־מֵרֹאשׁ צֻרִים אֶרְאֶנּוּ וּמִגְּבָעוֹת אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ הֶן־עָם לְבָדָד יִשְׁכֹּן וּבַגּוֹיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁב׃
      ki-merósh tsurím 'er'énu umig'va'ót 'ashurénu hen-'ám l'vadád yishkón uvagoyím ló yitkhasháv.
      kī-mērōš ṣūrīm ʾerʾénnū ūmiggəḇāʿōṯ ʾăšūrénnū hen-ʿām ləḇāḏāḏ yiškōn ūḇaggōyīm lō yiṯḥaššāḇ.
      For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
  2. to be housed, located

Conjugation

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Noun

שָׁכֵן (shakhén) m (plural indefinite שְׁכֵנִים, feminine counterpart שְׁכֵנָה)

  1. neighbor

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Adjective

שָׁכֵן (shakhén) (feminine שְׁכֵנָה, masculine plural שְׁכֵנִים, feminine plural שְׁכֵנוֹת)

  1. neighboring

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew שָׁכֵן.

Noun

שכן (shokhn) m, plural שכנים (shkheynem)

  1. neighbour