קצין

קצין

Hebrew

Etymology

Originally from a root meaning "to decide", compare Arabic قَاضٍ‎ (qāḍin, “judge”).

Noun

קָצִין • (katsín) m (plural indefinite קְצִינִים‎, singular construct קְצִין־, plural construct קְצִינֵי־‎)

1. (military) commissioned officer
   • Proverbs 6:7, with translation of the English Standard Version:

     ‏אֲשֶׁר אֵין־לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל.‎‎

     ašér ēn-láh qatzín šotér umošél.

     Without having any chief, officer, or ruler.

Derived terms

• מש״ק‎

References

• H7101 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• קצין on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Proper noun

קצין • (katsín)

1. a surname