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title: קִנְיָן — thing got · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קִנְיָן (7075), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: thing got. BDB 1906: thing got or acquired, acquisition. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קִנְיָן

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«קִנְיָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thing got** — 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:** 10 times · **Key:** 7075 · **BDB:** קִנְיָן

### Glosses

property (4); acquisition (3); creature\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thing got [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7075/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

thing got or acquired, acquisition [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7075/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thing got or acquired, acquisition (Aramaism, LagBN 205); abs. ק׳ Ez 38:12, 13; cstr. קִנְיַן Lv 22:11; sf. קִנְיָֽנְךָ Pr 4:7 +, etc.;— thing acquired by purchase קִנְיַן כֶּסֶף Lv 22:11 (H; cf. מִקְנָה); of property Gn 34:23; 36:6; Jos 14:4; (all P), Ez 38:12, 13 (in all disting, from מִקְנֶה cattle); ‖ בַּיִת ψ 105:21; מִקְנֵה קִנְיָנוֹ Gn 31:18 (P; prob. doublet, 𝔊 om.); בְּכָל־קִנְיָֽנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָה Pr 4:7 with (or at the price of) all that thou hast acquired, get understanding. more gen.: coll. creatures 𝔊 κτίσις ψ 104:24 (cf. √ 1 a).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קִנְיָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7075/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.7/)

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רֵאשִׁ֣ית חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה חָכְמָ֑ה וּבְכָל־קִ֝נְיָנְךָ֗ קְנֵ֣ה בִינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].beginning of.wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding

*JPS 1917:* The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

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[Psalms 105:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.21/)

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שָׂמ֣וֹ אָד֣וֹן לְבֵית֑וֹ וּ֝מֹשֵׁ֗ל בְּכָל־קִנְיָנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he appointed.him master of household his and ruler over all acquisition his

*JPS 1917:* He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions;

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