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title: קַיִן — spear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַיִן (7013), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: spear. BDB 1906: spear. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַיִן

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«קַיִן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spear** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7013 · **BDB:** קַ֫יִן

### Glosses

his.spear (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7013/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

spear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7013/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] spear 𝔊 and most;—sf. קֵינוֹ 2 S 21:16; קוֹבָעוֹ (cf. 1 S 17:38) Klo Bu HPS al.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַיִן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7013/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 21:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.16/)

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וְיִשְׁבִּ֨י בְּנֹ֜ב יִשְׁבִּ֨י בְּנֹ֜ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ בִּילִידֵ֣י הָרָפָ֗ה וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל קֵינוֹ֙ שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְה֖וּא חָג֣וּר חֲדָשָׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְהַכּ֥וֹת אֶת־דָּוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* and the.Jashubite\[s\] Ishbi-Benob who \[was\].among those.born of the.Raphah and the.weight his.spear his \[was\].three hundred(s) \[the\].weight of.bronze and he \[was\].girded a.new.\[weapon\] and he.said to strike.down (et) David

*JPS 1917:* And Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with new armour, thought to have slain David.

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