כנסת

From the root כ־נ־ס (k-n-s).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈkneset/

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כְּנֶסֶת • (knéset) f (plural indefinite כְּנֵסִיּוֹת, singular construct כְּנֶסֶת־, plural construct כְּנֵסִיּוֹת־)

1. A coming together, a congregating, an assembly, a meeting.
2. A synagogue, a congregation.

   Synonym: בַּיִת כְּנֶסֶת (bet knéset)

3. (Mishnaic Hebrew) the Sanhedrin, historical Jewish, judicial congregation of wise men.

   Synonym: סַנְהֶדְרִין (sanhedrín)

• בַּיִת כְּנֶסֶת (bet knéset)
• חֲבֵר כְּנֶסֶת (khavér knéset)

• כֶּנֶס (kénes, “a conference, a convention”)

• → Ukrainian: кена́са (kenása)

הַכְּנֶסֶת • (haknéset)

1. The Knesset, the Israeli Parliament.
   • הכנסת on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

• חֲבֵר כְּנֶסֶת (khavér knéset)
• מִשְׁכַּן הַכְּנֶסֶת (mishkán haknéset)

• “כְּנֶסֶת” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 552.