זן

Hebrew

Etymology

Via Aramaic זנא‎ / זנה‎ / ܙܢܐ‎ descending from Proto-Iranian *jánHah, Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas.

Pronunciation

(noun)
Audio (file)

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /zan/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /zan/

(verb)

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /zɔːn/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /zan/

Noun

זַן • (zan) m (plural indefinite זָנִים‎, plural construct זְנֵי־‎)

breed (of animal)
type, variety
strain

Verb

Root
ז־ו־ן‎ (z-w-n)

זָן • (zan) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

(flowery) to sustain, to nurture, to feed

Conjugation

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References

Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 49 Nr. 79

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