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title: קָנָה — Kanah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָנָה (7071), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Kanah. BDB 1906: n.pr. loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָנָה

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«קָנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kanah** — 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:** 7071 · **BDB:** קָנָה²

### Glosses

of.Kanah (2); Kanah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Kanah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7071/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7071/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. of wady between Ephr. and Manass., נַחַל ק׳ Jos 16:8; 17:9 (both P), Κα(ρα)να, Καναι, etc.; identif. by RobBR iii. 135 with Wady Kânah, S. and SW. of Nablûs, cf. BuhlGeogr. 101, 105. loc. in Asher, 19:28, Καν(θ)α(ν), etc.; prob. Ḳâna, SE. from Tyre RobBR ii. 455 f. Buhl 229, Egyptian Kaʾnô WMMAs. u. Eur. 181, and perhaps TelAm. Ḳanû.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7071/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.28/)

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וְעֶבְרֹ֥ן וּרְחֹ֖ב וְחַמּ֣וֹן וְקָנָ֑ה עַ֖ד צִיד֥וֹן רַבָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah to Sidon great

*JPS 1917:* and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon.

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[Joshua 16:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.16.8/)

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מִתַּפּ֜וּחַ יֵלֵ֨ךְ הַגְּב֥וּל יָ֙מָּה֙ נַ֣חַל קָנָ֔ה וְהָי֥וּ תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיָּ֑מָּה זֹ֗את נַחֲלַ֛ת מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַ֖יִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* from Tappuah it.goes the border westward the.wadi of.Kanah and they.are extremities its to the sea this \[was\].the.inheritance of.the.tribe of.the.descendants of.Ephraim to clans their

*JPS 1917:* From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;

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