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Root k-h-n

Imperial Aramaic ↔ Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —k-h-n↔ 𐎋-𐎅-𐎐. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: k-h-n
  • כהןverb• tg. Onk. Lev 21:9
    to serve as a priest
  • כַּהֲנָאkahǎnānoun• tg. Jon. Josh 14:1
    cohen
  • כהנותאnoun
    priesthood

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎋-𐎅-𐎐
  • 𐎋𐎅𐎐khnnoun
    priest
  • 𐎋𐎅𐎐𐎚khntnoun
    priestess
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Canonical root family: k-h-n