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title: קַנּוֹא — jealous · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַנּוֹא (7072), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: jealous. BDB 1906: adj. id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַנּוֹא

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«קַנּוֹא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **jealous** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7072 · **BDB:** קַנּוֹא

### Glosses

jealous (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

jealous [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7072/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7072/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. id.;—אֵל קַנּוֹא Jos 24:19 (E) (cf. Dt 6:15 supr.), Nah 1:2 (‖ נֹקֵם).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַנּוֹא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7072/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.1.2/)

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אֵ֣ל קַנּ֤וֹא וְנֹקֵם֙ יְהוָ֔ה נֹקֵ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה וּבַ֣עַל חֵמָ֑ה נֹקֵ֤ם יְהוָה֙ לְצָרָ֔יו וְנוֹטֵ֥ר ה֖וּא לְאֹיְבָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.God jealous and avenging Yahweh \[is\].avenging Yahweh and a.lord of.rage \[is\].avenging Yahweh to foes his and.\[is\] keeping he to enemies his

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is a jealous and avenging God, the LORD avengeth and is full of wrath; the LORD taketh vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for His enemies.

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[Joshua 24:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.24.19/)

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ אֶל־הָעָ֗ם לֹ֤א תֽוּכְלוּ֙ לַעֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים קְדֹשִׁ֖ים ה֑וּא אֵֽל־קַנּ֣וֹא ה֔וּא לֹֽא־יִשָּׂ֥א לְפִשְׁעֲכֶ֖ם וּלְחַטֹּאותֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Joshua to the people not you.will.be.able to serve (et) Yahweh (dm) \[is\].a.God holy he \[is\].a.God jealous he not he.will.forgive to transgression your and (to) sins your

*JPS 1917:* And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye cannot serve the LORD; for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

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