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title: קֵנֶץ — snare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֵנֶץ (7078), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: snare. BDB 1906: snare, net. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֵנֶץ

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«קֵנֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **snare** — 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:** 7078 · **BDB:** קֵ֫נֶץ

### Glosses

ends (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

snare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7078/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

snare, net [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7078/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] snare, net (si vera l.);—pl. cstr. (Ges§ 130 a) עַד־אָ֫נָה תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין Jb 18:2 how long will ye lay snares for words (catch at words, talk without knowledge)? so Castle JDMich and most, but sense strange; Vrss transl. end, so Thes al. (expl. קנצי \[very dub.\] as Aramaic), read then קֵץ (with sg. vb., after 𝔊), Me Bi Siegf Du, and del. עַד־אָנָה Du.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קֵנֶץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7078/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.2/)

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עַד־אָ֤נָה ׀ תְּשִׂימ֣וּן קִנְצֵ֣י לְמִלִּ֑ין תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ וְאַחַ֥ר נְדַבֵּֽר׃

*Word for word:* until when? will you.make ends of words you.will.consider and after we.will.speak

*JPS 1917:* How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

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