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title: כְּנַעֲנָה — Chenaanah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כְּנַעֲנָה (3668), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Chenaanah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כְּנַעֲנָה

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«כְּנַעֲנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Chenaanah** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 3668 · **BDB:** כְּנַעֲנָה

### Glosses

of.Kenaanah (4); Kenaanah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Chenaanah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3668/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3668/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of proph. Zedekiah 1 K 22:11, 24 = 2 Ch 18:10, 23 (𝔊 Χανααν, Χαανα, Χανανα). a Benjamite 1 Ch 7:10 (𝔊 Χανααν, Χαναναν).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כְּנַעֲנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3668/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.10/)

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וּבְנֵ֥י יְדִיעֲאֵ֖ל בִּלְהָ֑ן וּבְנֵ֣י בִלְהָ֗ן יְע֡וּשׁ וּ֠בִנְיָמִן וְאֵה֤וּד וּֽכְנַעֲנָה֙ וְזֵיתָ֔ן וְתַרְשִׁ֖ישׁ וַאֲחִישָֽׁחַר׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Jediael \[were\].Bilhan and the.sons of.Bilhan Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Kenaanah and Zethan and Tarshish and Ahishahar

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

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[1 Kings 22:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.11/)

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וַיַּ֥עַשׂ ל֛וֹ צִדְקִיָּ֥ה בֶֽן־כְּנַעֲנָ֖ה קַרְנֵ֣י בַרְזֶ֑ל וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בְּאֵ֛לֶּה תְּנַגַּ֥ח אֶת־אֲרָ֖ם עַד־כַּלֹּתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.had.made for himself Zedekiah the.son of.Kenaanah horns of.iron and he.said thus he.says Yahweh with these you.will.gore (et) Aram until destroy them

*JPS 1917:* And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: With these shalt thou gore the Arameans, until they be consumed.'

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