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title: כְּנָת — associate · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: כְּנָת (lemma:כְּנָת), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 7 times: associate. BDB 1906: n.m. associate. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּנָת

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«כְּנָת» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **associate** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:כְּנָת · **BDB:** כְּנָת

### Glosses

associates (5); of (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

associate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b8_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. associate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b8_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ez 4:17 associate (Old Aramaic id., Lzb 298 SAC65; S-CB 6; Syriac ܟܢܳܬ; Chr-Pal. \[ܟܢܐ, ܟܢܬ\] SchwallyIdiot. 46 SchulthLex. 95; √ appar. כנה K§ 56, α) β2 M-A§ 74 c; Buhl makes loan-wd. from Assyrian kinâtu, ‘Genosse,’ but v. DlWB 338 ZimM p. 66);—associate, pl. sf. בְנָוָתֵהּ Ezr 5:6, -תְהוֹן 4:9, 17, 23; 5:3; 6:6, 13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּנָת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b8_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.13/)

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אֱ֠דַיִן תַּתְּנַ֞י פַּחַ֧ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֛ה שְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י שְׁתַ֥ר בּוֹזְנַ֖י וּכְנָוָתְה֑וֹן לָקֳבֵ֗ל דִּֽי־שְׁלַ֞ח דָּרְיָ֧וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֛א כְּנֵ֖מָא אָסְפַּ֥רְנָא עֲבַֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* then Tattenai the.governor of.the.region.beyond the river Shethar-Bozenai Shethar-Bozenai and associates their (to) before that he.had.sent Darius the king accordingly diligently they.did

*JPS 1917:* Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had thus sent, acted with all diligence.

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[Ezra 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.6/)

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כְּעַ֡ן תַּ֠תְּנַי פַּחַ֨ת עֲבַֽר־נַהֲרָ֜ה שְׁתַ֤ר בּוֹזְנַי֙ שְׁתַ֤ר בּוֹזְנַי֙ וּכְנָוָ֣תְה֔וֹןאֲפַרְסְכָיֵ֔א דִּ֖י בַּעֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑ה רַחִיקִ֥ין הֲו֖וֹ מִן־תַּמָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* now O.Tattenai the.governor of.the.region.beyond the river Shethar-Bozenai Shethar-Bozenai and associates their the officials who \[are\].in the.region.beyond the river far be! from there

*JPS 1917:* 'Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions the Apharesachites, who are beyond the River, be ye far from thence;

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