Lexical Definition

‎כֵּן‎ kên (kane) stand ^H:N-M
the same as ‎כֵּן‎, used as a noun

base, estate, foot, office, place, well.

• a stand, i.e. pedestal or station

1) base, stand, pedestal, office, foot, place, estate
1a) base, pedestal
1b) office, place

See Greek: ἀρχή · ἀσφαλής · βάσις · εἰρηνικός · ἐκεῖνος · ἑτοιμασία · ὅμοιος · οὗτος · οὕτω · ῥίζα · τόπος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

III. ‎כֵּן‎ noun masculine base, pedestal, office (Late Hebrew ‎כַּנָּה‎; Aramaic ‎כַּנְתָּא‎, ) — absolute ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Isa 33:23; 1Kgs 7:31 (but see below); suffix ‎כַּנּוֺ‎ Exod 30:18 + 11 t.; ‎כַּנֶּ֑ךָ‎ Gen 40:13 ‎כַּנִּי‎ Gen 41:13 —

1. literally base, pedestal, 1Kgs 7:31 (like) the work of a pedestal (Th VB), according to Sta^{ZAW iii, 1883, 161, 162} ‎מַעֲשֵׂהכֵֿן‎ is in wrong place, being originally part of a gloss to v1Kgs 7:35 — ‎׳‎‎כ‎ in v1Kgs 7:29 = thus, or is text error; — ‎כֵּןתָּֿרְנָם‎ Isa 33:23 the base (supportor socket) of their mast (so Thes and most); especially of base of laver of tabernacle Exod 30:18; Exod 30:28; Exod 31:9; Exod 35:16; Exod 38:8; Exod 39:39; Exod 40:11; Lev 8:11 (all P).

2. office, place Gen 40:13; Gen 41:13 (both E); hence (late) ‎עַלכַּֿנּוֺ‎ in his place Dan 11:20; Dan 11:21; Dan 11:38 (i.e. in his stead, as his successor, compare German an seiner Stelle); ‎עַל‎ omitted vDan 11:7.

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