Aramaic

Adverb

כן • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. thus, so, next
2. then, afterwards, soon, shortly

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ken/

Adverb

כֵּן • ‎(kén)

1. yes
2. (archaic) thus, so
   • Genesis 29:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֹּאמֶר לָבָן לֹא־יֵעָשֶׂה כֵן בִּמְקוֹמֵנוּ לָתֵת הַצְּעִירָה לִפְנֵי הַבְּכִירָה׃‎

     vayómer laván lo-ye'asé khén bim'koménu latét hats'irá lif'néi hab'khirá.
     wayyṓmer lāḇān lō-yēʿāśe ḵēn biməqōmḗnu lāṯēṯ haṣṣəʿīrā lip̄ənē habbəḵīrā.

     And Laban said: ‘It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the first-born.[’]

Derived terms

• גַּם כֵּן ‎(gam kén)
• וּבְכֵן ‎(uv'khén)
• וְכֵן ‎(v'khén)