---
title: קָנֶה — stalk · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָנֶה (7070), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 62 times: stalk. BDB 1906: n.m. stalk, reed water-plant, reed. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7070.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511-2.md)‎ / קָנֶה‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# קָנֶה

<!-- .meta -->
«קָנֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stalk** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 62 times · **Key:** 7070 · **BDB:** קָנֶה

### Glosses

branches (12); a.reed (9); the.reed (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stalk [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7070/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. stalk, reed water-plant, reed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7070/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 41:5 stalk, reed;—abs. ק׳ 1 K 14:15 +; cstr. קְנֵה Ez 40:3 +; sf. קָנָהּ Ex 25:31; 37:17 = קָנָהֿ (Ges§ 91 e) Jb 31:22; pl. קָנִים Ex 25:32 +; cstr. קְנֵי 37:18 +; sf. קְנֹתָם 25:36; 37:22;— stalk of grain Gn 41:5, 22 (E). water-plant, reed, 1 K 14:15; Is 19:6 (+ סוּף), 35:7 (+ גֹּמֶא); coll., חַיַּת ק׳ ψ 68:31 beasts of (the) reeds (dwelling among them), cf. בְּסֵתֶר ק׳ וּבִצָּה Jb 40:21; מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקּ׳ הָרָצוּץ 2 K 18:21 = Is 36:6, מִשׁ׳ ק׳ Ez 29:6, all fig. of weak support; cf. ק׳ רָצוּץ Is 42:3 (spared by עבד י׳) calamus, aromatic reed, ק׳ הַטּוֹב Je 6:20 (Ges§ 126 w), ק׳־בֹשֶׁם Ex 30:23 (P); ק׳ alone Ez 27:19; Is 43:24; Ct 4:14. derived meanings: measuring-rod, קְנֵה הַמִּדָּה Ez 40:3, 5 (6 cubits long, v. אַמָּה) 42:16(×2), 17, 18, 19. unit of measure, reed (of 6 cubits, as Assyrian ḳanû) Ez 40:5(×2) + 10 times 40, 42, + מְלוֹ הַקּ׳ 41:8 full reed (emphat.). beam of scales, for scales themselves Is 46:6. shaft of lamp-stand Ex 25:31 = 37:17 (P). branches thereof, Ex 25:32(×3) = 37:18(×3) + 16 times 25, 37 (all P). shoulder-joint, Jb 31:22 (‖ שְׁכֶם).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 2 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 (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָנֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7070/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Job 40:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.21/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
תַּֽחַת־צֶאֱלִ֥ים יִשְׁכָּ֑ב בְּסֵ֖תֶר קָנֶ֣ה וּבִצָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* under thorny.lotus.plants it.lies in a.hiding.place of.reed\[s\] and swamp

*JPS 1917:* He lieth under the lotus-trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Ezekiel 40:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.40.8/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וַיָּ֜מָד אֶת־אֻלָ֥ם הַשַּׁ֛עַר מֵהַבַּ֖יִת קָנֶ֥ה אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.measured (et) the.porch of the.gate from the house a.reed one

*JPS 1917:* He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [קָנָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7069.md)
- next →: [קָנָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7071.md)
- ↑ back to [ק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1511-2.md)