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title: כִּנָּם — gnat[s] · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כִּנָּם (lemma:כִּנָּם), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: gnat[s]. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כִּנָּם

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«כִּנָּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gnat\[s\]** — 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:** lemma:כִּנָּם · **BDB:** כִּנָּם

### Glosses

gnat\[s\] (2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. iv. כֵּן sub II. כנן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כִּנָּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b4_5bc_5e0_5b8_5bc_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.14/)

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וַיַּעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֨ן הַחַרְטֻמִּ֧ים בְּלָטֵיהֶ֛ם לְהוֹצִ֥יא אֶת־הַכִּנִּ֖ים וְלֹ֣א יָכֹ֑לוּ וַתְּהִי֙ הַכִּנָּ֔ם בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.did thus the soothsayer-priests by enchantments their to bring.forth (et) the gnats and not they.were.able and it.was the gnat\[s\] on (the) humankind and on the livestock

*JPS 1917:* And the magicians did so with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; and there were gnats upon man, and upon beast.

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[Exodus 8:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.13/)

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וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵ֗ן וַיֵּט֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן אֶת־יָד֤וֹ בְמַטֵּ֙הוּ֙ וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ וַתְּהִי֙ הַכִּנָּ֔ם בָּאָדָ֖ם וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה כָּל־עֲפַ֥ר הָאָ֛רֶץ הָיָ֥ה כִנִּ֖ים בְּכָל־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and they.did so and he.stretched.out Aaron (et) hand his with staff his and he.struck (et) the.dust of the.ground and it.was the gnat\[s\] on (the) humankind and on the livestock all the.dust of the.ground it.was gnats in all the.land of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were gnats upon man, and upon beast; all the dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.

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