כן II

כֵּןII, with suff. כַּנּ־, m. (b. h.; כּוּן or כָּנַן) 1) base, stand, rest. Cant. R. to I, 1 (ref. to והנה חלום, 1 Kings 3:15) החלום … על כַּנּוֹ the dream (after he awoke) remained standing on its firm stand (was realized); Yalk. Kings 175. Yoma V, 3, sq. הניחו על כ׳וכ׳ he set it down on the stand. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 17 מחוסרין כן vessels that have lost their rest; a. fr.Pl. כַּנִּים, constr. כַּנֵּי. Kel. XI, 3.Trnsf. social status. Yeb.77b גיורת מכַּנָּהּ a proselyte of her own status, i. e. born after the conversion of her parents both of whom were of the same nation. 2) (cmp. כּוּן Pi.) ruler. Ib. XII, 8; Tosef. ib. B. Bath. VII, 12 הכן והכַּנָּה (Var. והכַּנָּא) the ruler and that which is ruled (the writing material); oth. opin.: the ruled material and the ruler; (oth. opin.: (cmp. σταθμός) the base of the scales and the scales; oth. opin. the strike and the measure.