Comments for the name Keren

Comments for KEREN:

Apart from that biblical refference, KEREN in Hebrew has a dual meaning. both:
"Horn" (same as English, both the antler of a horned creature and the material objects are made of, as in "horn and ivory"), and:
"Ray", again with all corresponding English meanings: "keren-or"=light ray, "keren-shemesh"=sun ray/sunshine, "keren laser"= a laser ray/beam, etc...
("koren", by the way is "radiant", and a reason why many depictions of moses in medieval paintings have him antlered (with light sometimes shining in twin rays from his head) when in the text he 'merely' shone brightly.

Since the Hebrew name is quite common and none who name their daughters do so after a shortened biblical name-description referring to makeup. Thought it's important to mention.

-- shay dinur  5/21/2006

Hebrew transliteration: "qeren" from an archaic Aramaic root word that means horn, both on an object (eg. Corner of an altar, animal, god/goddess) and a horn (flask or container, carved container or vessel, ivory). Conceptually, a cornucopia.
Figuratively it symbolises power, or an object as a vessel of power; also rays or beams, particularly of light or power (i.e. energy).

-- kalupso  1/30/2007

It is listed on the site as a short version of "KEREN-HAPPUCH", translated as "horn of eyeshadow" (from Hebrew). "Keren" has more than one meaning in hebrew; horn, or "ray" as in ray of light, or a closed angle or a corner. Most of the "Kerens" that I know in Hebrew were named for the "ray".

-- sreifa01  2/4/2007

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