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title: כָּנָה — betitle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּנָה (3655), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: betitle. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. betitle, title, give an epithet cognomen Pu. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּנָה

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«כָּנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **betitle** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 3655 · **BDB:** כָּנָה

### Glosses

I.will.give.a.title (2); I (1); he.will.give.a.title (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

betitle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3655/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. betitle, title, give an epithet cognomen Pu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3655/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pi. betitle, title, give an epithet or cognomen (NH id.; Aramaic כְּנָא, ܟܢܳܐ; Arabic كَنَى)— Impf. 1 s. sf. וָאֶקְרָא לְךָ בִשְׁמֶ֑ךָ אֲכַנְּךָ Is 45:4 I have called thee by thy name, giving thee a title (of honour; cf. for construction Dr§ 163); 3 ms. וּבְשֵׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל יְכַנֶּה 44:5, and with the name Israel he titles (himself), is hardly poss.; abs. he betitles, or makes use of a title, is unlikely; read prob. Pu., v. infr., in bad sense = give a flattering title: וְאֶל־אָדָם לֹא אֲכַנֶּה Jb 32:21 and unto man I do not give flattering titles (‖ אַל־נָא אֶשָּׂא פְנֵי אִישׁ); abs. v 22. Impf. יְכֻנֶּה Is 44:5 he is betitled (v. supr.; so 𝔗 Bi Che Du; ‖ יקרא בשׁם יעקב, etc.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3655/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 32:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.21/)

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אַל־נָ֭א אֶשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְאֶל־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א אֲכַנֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* not please let.me.lift.up \[the\].face of.anyone and to anyone not I.will.give.a.title

*JPS 1917:* Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.

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[Job 32:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.22/)

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כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֲכַנֶּ֑ה כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט יִשָּׂאֵ֥נִי עֹשֵֽׂנִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not I.know I.will.give.a.title like a.little he will.carry.me.away the.\[one who\].made.me

*JPS 1917:* For I know not to give flattering titles; else would my Maker soon take me away.

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