שכן

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Hebrew

Etymology

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

Root
שׁ־כ־ן (sh-k-n)

Verb

שָׁכַן (shakhán) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לשכון / לִשְׁכֹּן, future ישכון / יִשְׁכֹּן)

  1. to dwell, reside
    • Tanach, Numbers 23:9:
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      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

Noun

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

  1. neighbor

Adjective

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

  1. neighboring

Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew שָׁכֵן.

Noun

שכן (shokhnm, plural שכנים (shkheynem)

  1. neighbour