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khn, khnˀ (kāhen, kāhnā) n.m. priest
priest
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TAD A4.7R.1↗ ידניה וכנותה כהניא זי ביב בירתא‏ : Jedaniah and his colleagues, the priest in fortress Yeb ; Ezra 7:24↗ כָל־כָּהֲנַיָּא וְלֵוָיֵא זַמָּרַיָּא תָרָעַיָּא נְתִינַיָּא וּפָלְחֵי בֵּית אֱלָהָא דְנָה‏ : all the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, servitors and workers of this temple ; GenApoc 22.15↗ והוא הוא כהן לאל עליון‏ ; Gerizim 399:2↗ ٠٠٠٠]אחיהן כהני[א ٠٠٠‏ ; PTShvi 36.c:17[2]↗ לא הוה אבוך כהן‏ : wasn't your father a priest? ; OS MtCur12:4↗ ܠܐ ܠܗ ܫܠܝܛ ܗܘܐ ܠܡܐܟܠ ܐܦܠܐ ܠܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܥܡܗ܂ ܐܠܐ ܐܢ ܠܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܒܠܚܘܕ‏ : he is not allowed to eat, nor even those with him, but only the priests ; P Hag2:11↗ ܫܐܠܘ ܥܠ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܡܢ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ‏ ; BT Ber 55b(29)↗ ליזיל וניקום קמי כהני בעידנא דפרשי ידיהו‏ : let him go and stand before the priests when they spread their hands (to bless the people)
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ܣܦܪ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ : Leviticus
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IshDeut 133:2↗ ܬܠܬܐ ܣܦܪ̈ܐ܃ ܡܦܩܢܐ ܘܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܘܡܢܝܢܐ‏
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Generally, and especially in the targumim, khn is a priest of the Lord, while kwmr is a pagan priest, though in the later books of the Peshitta kwmr is regularly used for Israelite priests, along with khn with no apparent distinction.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 601[319]DJPA: 252aDJBA: 554bJastrow: 615Drower/Macuch: 195bJ. Payne-Smith: 206Levy Ch-W: 1:355Tal Sam: 379DJA: 56aQumran: 111

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