גן
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Semitic, denominal from Proto-Semitic *g-n-n (“to protect, defend”), whence Biblical Hebrew גָּנַן (ganán, “to defend, to protect”), and so having the etymological sense of "a protected thing". Cognate with Arabic جَنَّة (janna) and Ugaritic 𐎂𐎐 (gn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli) IPA(key): /ɡan/
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]גַּן • (gan) m (plural indefinite גַּנִּים, singular construct גַּן־, plural construct גַּנֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- (dated or formal) A garden.
- Tanach, Song of Songs 5:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society The value
tsrc=JPSis ambiguous and deprecated. After checking the translation, please replace it withJPS1917,JPS1985, orJPS2023. See the documentation.:- בָּאתִי לְגַנִּי אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה
- báti l-ganí akhotí kalá
- I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride
- 2020 May 22, רון פלד [Ron Peled], “הפרחים לירושלים: טיול בין פינות החמד הנסתרות בבירה [The Flowers of Jerusalem: A Tour Through the Capital's Charming Spots]”, in ynet[1], archived from the original on 16 July 2026:
- כמעט חמישה דונם של גן […] שבילים קטנים, פרחים צבעוניים, פסל מתכת ושקט בליבה ההומה של העיר.
- A garden of almost five thousand square meters […] Small trails, colorful flowers, a metal sculpture and quiet in the beating heart of the city.
- ellipsis of גַּן־יְלָדִים (gan yeladím): a kindergarten, preschool.
- 1978, Yehonatan Geffen, “גן סגור [A Closed Kindergarten]”, in הכבש השישה עשר [The Sixteenth Sheep][2]:
- אתמול בחמש אחרי הצהריים / הלכנו עם אמא למכולת / ובדרך ראינו / שהגן שלנו סגור.
- Yesterday at five in the afternoon / we went with mom to the grocery store, / and on the way we saw / that our kindergarten was closed.
- 1997, Efrat Ungar, דביר [Dvir]:
- היום דביר הולך לגן בפעם הראשונה!
- Today Dvir is going to preschool for the first time!
Declension
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | גַּן | first | גַּנִּי | גַּנֵּנוּ | ||
| definite | הַגָּן | second | גַּנְּךָ | גַּנֵּךְ | גַּנְּכֶם | גַּנְּכֶן | |
| construct | גַּן־ | third | גַּנּוֹ | גַּנָּהּ | גַּנָּם | גַּנָּן | |
| plural | indefinite | גַּנִּים | first | גניי / גַּנַּי | גַּנֵּינוּ | ||
| definite | הַגַּנִּים | second | גַּנֶּיךָ | גנייך / גַּנַּיִךְ | גַּנֵּיכֶם | גַּנֵּיכֶן | |
| construct | גַּנֵּי־ | third | גַּנָּיו | גַּנֶּיהָ | גַּנֵּיהֶם | גַּנֵּיהֶן | |
Derived terms
[edit]- גינה / גִּנָּה
- גַּנּוֹן (ganón, “nursery”)
- גַּן בּוֹטָנִי
- גַּן יְלָדִים
- גַּן עֵדֶן
- גַּן חַיּוֹת
- רָמַת גַּן (ramat gan)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Strong, James (1979), “H1588”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “גן”, in Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of the Hebrew Language (in Hebrew)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from German Gen (“gene”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli) IPA(key): /ɡen/
Noun
[edit]גֶּן • (gen) m (plural indefinite גֶּנִים, singular construct גֶּן־)
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]גן • (gan) m, plural גנים (ganem)
- (especially in Judaic contexts) garden
Synonyms
[edit]- גאָרטן (gortn)
Derived terms
[edit]- גן־עדן (gan-eydn)
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