๐คŠ๐ค„๐ค

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Phoenician

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Etymology

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Compare Ugaritic ๐Ž‹๐Ž…๐Ž (khn), Hebrew ื›ึนึผื”ึตืŸ (kลhฤ“n), Aramaic ื›ึธึผื”ึฒื ึธื (kฤhวŽnฤ), Arabic ูƒูŽุงู‡ูู† (kฤhin).

Noun

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๐คŠ๐ค„๐ค (khn /kลhen/)

  1. priest
    • 5th century BCE, sarcophagus inscription of Tabnit of Sidon:
      ๐ค€๐ค๐คŠ ๐ค•๐ค๐ค๐ค• ๐คŠ๐ค„๐ค ๐ค๐ค”๐ค•๐ค“๐ค• ๐คŒ๐ค‹๐คŠ ๐ค‘๐คƒ๐ค๐คŒ ๐ค๐ค
      ๐ค€๐ค”๐คŒ๐ค๐ค๐ค†๐ค“ ๐คŠ๐ค„๐ค ๐ค๐ค”๐ค•๐ค“๐ค• ๐คŒ๐ค‹๐คŠ ๐ค‘๐คƒ๐ค๐คŒ ๐ค”๐คŠ๐ค ๐ค๐ค€๐ค“๐ค ๐ค†
      สพnk tbnt khn สฟลกtrt mlk แนฃdnm bn
      สพลกmnสฟzr khn สฟลกtrt mlk แนฃdnm ลกkb bสพrn z
      I, Tabnit, priest of Astarte, king of Sidon, the son
      of Eshmunazar, priest of Astarte, king of Sidon, am lying in this sarcophagus.
      (literally, โ€œI Tabnit priest [of] Astarte king [of] Sidon son
      [of] Eshmunazar priest [of] Astarte king [of] Sidon [am] lying in-sarcophagus this
      โ€)
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