- קן
- קַן m. (v. קוּן) preparation, arrangement. Gitt.6a top אפי׳ (שמע) קן קולמוסא וקן מגילתא even if the husband ordering a letter of divorce to be written heard only the sound produced by the cutting of the pen and the unfolding of the parchment; (Rashi: קן onomatopoetic: crackling, crepitation; Var. קַל sound).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.