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title: כְּנַנְיָהוּ — Chenaniah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כְּנַנְיָהוּ (3663), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Chenaniah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּנַנְיָהוּ

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«כְּנַנְיָהוּ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Chenaniah** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 3663 · **BDB:** כְּנַנְיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Kenaniah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Chenaniah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3663/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3663/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ is firm);— a Levite 1 Ch 15:22 𝔊 Κωνενια, A Χωνενια, 𝔊L Ιεχονιας; = כְּנַנְיָה v 27, 𝔊 Ιεχονιας, A Χενενιας, 𝔊L Χονενιας. an Izharite 1 Ch 26:29, 𝔊 Χωνεν(ε)ια(ς).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּנַנְיָהוּ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3663/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 15:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.15.22/)

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וּכְנַנְיָ֥הוּ שַֽׂר־הַלְוִיִּ֖ם בְּמַשָּׂ֑א יָסֹר֙ בַּמַּשָּׂ֔א כִּ֥י מֵבִ֖ין הֽוּא׃

*Word for word:* and Kenaniah the.leader of the.Levites in a.lifting.up an.instructor in the.lifting up (dm) \[was\].understanding he

*JPS 1917:* And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song; he was master in the song, because he was skilful.

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[1 Chronicles 26:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.26.29/)

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לַיִּצְהָרִ֞י כְּנַנְיָ֣הוּ וּבָנָ֗יו לַמְּלָאכָ֤ה הַחִֽיצוֹנָה֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְשֹׁטְרִ֖ים וּלְשֹׁפְטִֽים׃

*Word for word:* to the Izharite\[s\] Kenaniah and sons his \[were\].for the work (the) outside over Israel to officials and to judges

*JPS 1917:* Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sorts were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.

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