שכן

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Cognate with Arabic سَكَنَ (sakana, to reside, inhabit).

Root
שׁ־כ־ן (sh-k-n)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to dwell, reside
    • Tanach, 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

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שָׁכֵן (shakhénm (plural indefinite שְׁכֵנִים, feminine counterpart שְׁכֵנָה)

  1. neighbor
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Adjective

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

  1. neighboring

Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Hebrew שָׁכֵן.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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שכן (shokhnm, plural שכנים (shkheynem)

  1. neighbour