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<li>Etymology? to serve, to be established, see Akkadian</li> | <li>Etymology? to serve, to be established, see Akkadian</li> | ||
<li>Which is the original meaning (did the semantic field expand or become narrower)? Did it start with a term for a religious functionary (most probably as a noun) and then get expanded to all functionaries? Or was it originally a more general meaning of serving or distinguishing (perhaps, most likely a verb), whose most common application became the religious priest?</li> | <li>Which is the original meaning (did the semantic field expand or become narrower)? Did it start with a term for a religious functionary (most probably as a noun) and then get expanded to all functionaries? Or was it originally a more general meaning of serving or distinguishing (perhaps, most likely a verb), whose most common application became the religious priest?</li> | ||
| − | <li>What is the narrow meaning of < | + | <li>What is the narrow meaning of <i>kohen</i> – one who serves God, one who is selected/distinguished from the people to serve God?</li> |
| − | <li>What is the expanded meaning of < | + | <li>What is the expanded meaning of <i>kohen</i> – one who serves (משרת), a dignitary (שר)?</li> |
<li>Exegetical tendencies – Ibn Ezra tries to read almost all of the cases as priest.</li> | <li>Exegetical tendencies – Ibn Ezra tries to read almost all of the cases as priest.</li> | ||
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<subcategory name="Serve as a priest">1. Serve as a priest | <subcategory name="Serve as a priest">1. Serve as a priest | ||
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| − | <li>Biblical verses – The vast majority of the occurrences of both the verb כהן and the noun < | + | <li>Biblical verses – The vast majority of the occurrences of both the verb כהן and the noun <a href="Dictionary:כֹּהֵן" data-aht="page">כֹּהֵן</a> refer to a priest who serves either Hashem or an idolatrous god.</li> |
| − | <li>Additional data – <!--Akkadian < | + | <li>Additional data – <!--Akkadian <i>kanu</i> – to establish, to incline before. etymology, semitic cognates, Rabbinic Hebrew, loan words--></li> |
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<subcategory name="Be adorned">2. Be adorned | <subcategory name="Be adorned">2. Be adorned | ||
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| − | <li>Biblical verses – In < | + | <li>Biblical verses – In <a href="Yeshayahu61-10" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 61:10</a> <i>yekhahen</i> does not mean to serve as a priest, but rather to be adorned or clothed (perhaps, like a priest). See also <a href="ShemuelII8-18" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 8:18</a> where the noun <a href="Dictionary:כֹּהֵן" data-aht="page">כֹּהֵן</a> refers not to a priest but to a different type of distinguished individual.</li> |
<li>Additional data – </li> | <li>Additional data – </li> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 11 August 2014
כהן
| Part of Speech | Verb |
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| Occurrences | |
| Possible Meanings |
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| Related Words | כֹּהֵן |
Possible Meanings
1. Serve as a priest
- Biblical verses – The vast majority of the occurrences of both the verb כהן and the noun כֹּהֵן refer to a priest who serves either Hashem or an idolatrous god.
- Additional data –
2. Be adorned
- Biblical verses – In Yeshayahu 61:10 yekhahen does not mean to serve as a priest, but rather to be adorned or clothed (perhaps, like a priest). See also Shemuel II 8:18 where the noun כֹּהֵן refers not to a priest but to a different type of distinguished individual.
- Additional data –
3.
- Biblical verses –
- Additional data –
