זקן

Aramaic

Verb

זְקַן • (zəqan)

  1. (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic) to age

Hebrew

Root
ז־ק־ן‎

Noun

זָקָן • (zakán) m (plural indefinite זְקָנִים‎, singular construct זְקַן־, plural construct זִקְנֵי־‎)

  1. beard
    • Leviticus 19:27
      ‏לֹא תַקִּפוּ פְּאַת רֹאשְׁכֶם וְלֹא תַשְׁחִית אֵת פְּאַת זְקָנֶךָ׃‎‎
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

See also

Adjective

זָקֵן • (zakén) (feminine זְקֵנָה‎, masculine plural זְקֵנִים‎, feminine plural זְקֵנוֹת‎)

  1. old, elderly, aged

Usage notes

  • This adjective refers only to human beings, animals, and plants. For inanimate objects, the adjective ישן‎ (yashán, “old, longstanding”) is used.
  • This adjective means “old” specifically in the sense of “elderly”; English old as in (for example) “old enough to drive a car” or “he's older than she is” would usually be translated to Hebrew with the adjective מבוגר‎ (m'vugár, “old, adult”), and English old as in (for example) “forty years old” would usually be translated to Hebrew with either the masculine noun בן‎ (ben, “old, son”) or the feminine noun בת‎ (bat, “old, daughter”).

Noun

זָקֵן • (zakén) m (plural indefinite זְְקֵנִים‎, singular construct זְקַן־, plural construct זִקְנֵי־‎, feminine counterpart זְקֵנָה‎)

  1. old person
  2. elder, sage
  3. (Talmudic) grandfather

Verb

זָקַן • (zakán) (pa'al construction)

  1. (flowery) to grow old, to grow elderly, to age

Conjugation

Conjugation of זָקַן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לזקון \ לִזְקֹן‎
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first זָקַנְתִּי‎ זָקַנּוּ‎
second זָקַנְתָּ‎ זָקַנְתְּ‎ זְקַנְתֶּם‎1 זְקַנְתֶּן‎1
third זָקַן זָקְנָה‎ זָקְנוּ‎
present זָקֵן זְקֵנָה‎ זְקֵנִים‎ זְקֵנוֹת‎
future first אֶזְקַן‎ נִזְקַן‎
second תִּזְקַן‎ תִּזְקְנִי‎ תִּזְקְנוּ‎ תִּזְקַנָּה‎2
third יִזְקַן‎ תִּזְקַן‎ יִזְקְנוּ‎ תִּזְקַנָּה‎2
imperative זְקַן זִקְנִי‎ זִקְנוּ‎ זְקַנָּה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced זָקַנְתֶּם‎ and זָקַנְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

Synonyms

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew זָקֵן‎ (zakén).

Pronunciation

Noun

זקן • (zokn) m, plural זקנים‎ (zkeynem), feminine זקנה‎ (zkeyne), feminine plural זקנות‎ (zkeynes)

  1. old person
  2. (chess) knight

Synonyms

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