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title: כַּוָּן — cake · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כַּוָּן (3561), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: cake. BDB 1906: cake, sacrificial cake. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כַּוָּן

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«כַּוָּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cake** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3561 · **BDB:** כַּוָּן

### Glosses

cakes (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3561/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

cake, sacrificial cake [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3561/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] cake, sacrificial cake (?√ כון; cf. Hiph. 2. a. prepare food, etc. prob. Bab. loan-word, from kamânu, cake used in worship of Ištar, ZimKAT 3, 441.)—only pl. abs. לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּוָּנִים לִמְלֶכֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם Je 7:18; עָשִׂינוּ לָהּ כ׳ לְהַעֲצִבָהֿ 44:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כַּוָּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3561/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 44:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.44.19/)

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וְכִֽי־אֲנַ֤חְנוּ מְקַטְּרִים֙ לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִ֑ים הֲמִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י אֲנָשֵׁ֗ינוּ עָשִׂ֨ינוּ לָ֤הּ כַּוָּנִים֙ לְהַ֣עֲצִבָ֔ה וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* and (dm) we \[were\].making.smoke to the.queen of the.heavens and to pour.out to her drink.offerings ? (from) without husbands our did.we.make for her cakes to form her and to.pour.out to her drink.offerings

*JPS 1917:* And is it we that offer to the queen of heaven, and pour out drink-offerings unto her? did we make her cakes in her image, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?'

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[Jeremiah 7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.7.18/)

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הַבָּנִ֞ים מְלַקְּטִ֣ים עֵצִ֗ים וְהָֽאָבוֹת֙ מְבַעֲרִ֣ים אֶת־הָאֵ֔שׁ וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים לָשׁ֣וֹת בָּצֵ֑ק לַעֲשׂ֨וֹת כַּוָּנִ֜ים לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וְהַסֵּ֤ךְ נְסָכִים֙ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים לְמַ֖עַן הַכְעִסֵֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* the children \[are\].gathering wood(s) and the fathers \[are\].kindling (et) the fire and the women \[are\].kneading dough to make cakes for the.queen of the.heavens and they.are.pouring.out drink.offerings to gods other so.as to provoke.me.to.anger

*JPS 1917:* The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke Me.

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