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title: מִקְנֶה — cattle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְנֶה (4735), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 76 times: cattle. BDB 1906: n.m. cattle Hiph. Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְנֶה

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«מִקְנֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cattle** — 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:** 76 times · **Key:** 4735 · **BDB:** מִקְנֶה²

### Glosses

livestock (55); the.livestock (10); of.livestock (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cattle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4735/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. cattle Hiph. Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4735/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 10:26 cattle;—abs. מ׳ Gn 46:32 +; cstr. מִקְנֵה Gn 13:7 +; sf. מִקְנֵהוּ Gn 3:18 +, מִקְנֶיךָ Is 30:23 (Ges§ 93 ss), etc.; pl. sf. (but v. Köii. 112 f.) מִקְנַי Ex 17:3 +, מִקְנֵיכֶם Gn 47:16 +, etc.;— cattle in gen., including cows, sheep, horses, asses, camels (any or all of them), as purchasable domestic animals, Gn 47:16(×2), 17(×2); Ex 9:3 + (J), 10:26 (E), Dt 3:19 (not in P), Jb 1:3 ψ 78:48 Je 9:9; 1 Ch 5:12 +; so prob. ישֵׁב אֹהֶל וּמִקְנֶה Gn 4:20 (J) of nomads, מִקְנֵה הַבְּהֵמָה Gn 47:18 (J). specif. of cows, sheep, and goats in herds and flocks Gn 13:2 (J), 31:9 (E), v 18 36:7; 46:6 Nu 32:1 (all P), Is 30:23 +; אַנְשֵׁי מ׳ Gn 46:32, 34 (J), שָׂרֵי מ׳ Gn 47:6 (P), cf. 1 Ch 28:1; רֹעֵי מ׳ Gn 13:7(×2) (J); disting. from בְּהֵמָה Nu 31:9 (P), 32:26; 2 K 3:17; from קנין Jos 14:4 (P); Ez 38:12, 13; from both Gn 34:23; 36:6 (P); מ׳ צאן ובקר 2 Ch 32:29 מ׳ בקר וצאן Ec 2:7; מ׳ צאן ומ׳ בקר Gn 26:14; 47:17 (J); sheep only Gn 29:7 (J); Nu 32:16 (E).—מִקְנֵה הַשָּׂדֶה Gn 49:32 (P) read מִקְנַת; מִקְנֶת אַף על עוֹלֶה Jb 36:33 read מַקְנֶה (Hiph. Pt.), or מְקַנֶּה (Pi. Pt.) metapl. from קנא, Hi Bö Di Du; 1 S 30:20 del. הַמּ׳ 𝔊 We Dr al., v. especially HPS.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 39 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִקְנֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4735/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 36:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.36.33/)

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יַגִּ֣יד עָלָ֣יו רֵע֑וֹ מִ֝קְנֶ֗ה אַ֣ף עַל־עוֹלֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.tells on him thunder his livestock also on \[one.who\].comes.up

*JPS 1917:* The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.

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[Genesis 31:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.31.9/)

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וַיַּצֵּ֧ל אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־מִקְנֵ֥ה אֲבִיכֶ֖ם וַיִּתֶּן־לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.has.taken.away God (et) the.livestock your.father your and he.has.given.\[it\] to me

*JPS 1917:* Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

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