כאן
Hebrew
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Adjective
כָּאן • (kán)
- Here, at this place.
Usage notes
- The adjective use is essentially a special case of the adverb use; hence, the adjective does not change form to agree with its subject.
Adverb
כָּאן • (kán)
- Here, at this place.
Usage notes
- Unlike English, Hebrew draws an obligatory distinction between “[at] here” and “[to] here”. כאן is the former; לכאן (l'khán) is the latter.
Noun
כָּאן • (kán) ?
- Here, this place.
Judeo-Arabic
Etymology
Verb
כאן • (kāna) (impf. יכון, yakūnu)
- to be
- c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir[1], Genesis 1:3:
- ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃
- wašāʾa llāhu ʾan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.
- And God willed there to be light, and then there was light.