כוונה
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| כ־ו־ן (k-w-n) |
From the root כ־ו־ן (k-w-n).
Noun
כוונה \ כַּוָּנָה • (kavaná) f (plural indefinite כוונות, singular construct כוונת־)
Usage notes
- Like other words that start with ב, ג, ד, כ, פ, or ת, this term's initial letter takes a dagesh lene. In older texts, that dagesh is usually dropped when the word is preceded, in the same phrase, by a word ending in a mater lectionis; in modern texts, the dagesh is usually preserved even in such a case. Likewise, in older texts, the dagesh is always dropped when the word is prefixed by an indefinite ב־, כ־, or ל־, or by ו־; in modern speech, the dagesh is often preserved in such a case. (After the definite ב־, כ־, and ל־, and after the prefixes ה־, מ־, and ש־, there is a dagesh forte, as described in the usage notes for those prefixes.)
Derived terms
- בְּכַווָּנָה (b'khavaná)