כֵּן II , with suff. כַּנּ־, m. (b. h.; כּוּן or כָּנַן) 1) base, stand, rest. Cant. R. to I, 1 (ref. to והנה חלום, I Kings III, 15) החלום … על כַּנּוֹ the dream (after he awoke) remained standing on its firm stand (was realized); Yalk. Kings 175. Yoma V, 3, sq. הניחו על כ׳ וכ׳ he set it down on the stand. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 17 מחוסרין כן vessels that have lost their rest; a. fr.—Pl. כַּנִּים, constr. כַּנֵּי. Kel. XI, 3.— Trnsf. social status. Yeb. 77ᵇ גיורת מכַּנָּהּ a proselyte of her own status, i.e. born after the conversion of her parents both of whom were of the same nation. —2) (cmp. כּוּן Pi.) ruler. Ib. XII, 8; Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. VII, 12 הכן והכַּנָּה (Var. והכַּנָּא) the ruler and that which is ruled (the writing material); oth. opin.: the ruled material and the ruler; [oth. opin.: (cmp. σταθμός) the base of the scales and the scales; oth. opin. the strike and the measure.]
כֵּן II
Gloss
כֵּן II , with suff. כַּנּ־ , m. (b. h.; כּוּן or כָּנַן ) 1) base, stand, rest . Cant. R. to I, 1 (ref. to והנה חלום , I Kings III, 15 ) החלום … על…
References
- Jastrow, כּוּן 1
- Jastrow, כָּנַן 1
- Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1:1:11
- I Kings 3:15
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 175:5
- Mishnah Yoma 5:3
- Tosefta Keilim Metsia 2:17
- Jastrow, כני 1
- Mishnah Kelim 11:3
- Yevamot 77b:1
- Tosefta Keilim Batra 7:12