אתן

אתן

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔantin.

Pronoun

אַתֶּן • (atén) f pl

1. You, y'all, you guys: the second-person feminine plural subject pronoun.

See also

Hebrew personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		אֲנִי‎ (aní), אנוכי / אָנֹכִי‎ (anokhí)[PP 1]	אֲנַחְנוּ‎ (anákhnu), אָנוּ‎ (ánu)[PP 2]
2nd person	m	אַתָּה‎ (atá)	אַתֶּם‎ (atém)
	f	אַתְּ‎ (at)	אַתֶּן‎ (atén)
3rd person	m	הוּא‎ (hu)	הֵם‎ (hem)[PP 3]
	f	הִיא‎ (hi)	הֵן‎ (hen)[PP 3]
The form אנוכי / אָנֹכִי‎ (anokhí) occurs many times in the Hebrew Bible, but is basically obsolete today. In Modern Israeli Hebrew, the form אָנוּ‎ (ánu, “we”) is the more formal, אֲנָחנוּ‎ (anákhnu) the more colloquial. In colloquial Modern Israeli Hebrew, the nominally masculine forms אַתֶּם‎ (atém) and הֵם‎ (hem) are sometimes taken as gender-neutral and substituted for אַתֶּן‎ (atén) and הֵן‎ (hen), this is sometimes considered incorrect.

Preposition

אתן

1. (אֹתָן, otán) Form of את‎ (et) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling: them (as a direct object).
   • Ezekiel 16:54, with translation of the Darby Bible:

     ‏וְנִכְלַמְתְּ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂית בְּנַחֲמֵךְ אֹתָן‎‎

     v'nichlámt mikól ashér asít b'nachaméch otán

     and mayest be confounded for all that thou hast done, in that thou comfortest them

2. (אִתָּן, itán) Form of את‎ (et) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling, form of עם‎ (im) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object, defective spelling: with them.

Verb

אֶתֵּן • (etén)

1. First-person singular future (prefix conjugation) of נתן‎ (natán).
   • Exodus 2:9, with translation of the Darby Bible:

     ‏הֵילִיכִי אֶת הַיֶּלֶד הַזֶּה וְהֵינִקִהוּ לִי וַאֲנִי אֶתֵּן אֶת שְׂכָרֵךְ‎

     helíchi et hayéled hazé v'henikéhu li vaaní etén et s'charéch

     Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give [thee] thy wages