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

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«קַיִן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Cain** — 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:** lemma:קַיִן · **BDB:** קַ֫יִן²

### Glosses

Kain (1); Kenite\[s\] (1); \[the\].Kenite\[s\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Cain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5d9_5b4_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. gent. loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5d9_5b4_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr. gent. (v. StaG i. 131 f. MeyEntstehung 115; cf. Arabic n.pr.fam. قَيْن; Nab. Sin. n.pr.m. et. f. קינו; tribe of smiths?);—tribe of Moses’ father-in-law Ju 4:11 (cf. קֵינִי 1:16), Καινα, 𝔊L Κειν; akin to Midian (Nu 10:29 P), settled among Amal. in S. of Canaan (v. קֵינִי); prophesied against by Balaam Nu 24:22 (קָ֑יִן; JE);—v. also קֵינִי. loc. הַקַּ֫יִן, in S. Judah (a settlement of ii. ק׳ 1?);—Jos 15:57, \[Ζακαν\]αειμ, A \[Ζανω\] Ακειμ, 𝔊L \[Ζανου\] Ακεν; poss. = Ẏŭḳîn SE. from Hebron \[RobBR ii. 85\] (v. BuhlGeogr. 162 f. who, however, cp. קִינָה v 22).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַיִן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b7_5d9_5b4_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.57/)

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הַקַּ֖יִן גִּבְעָ֣ה וְתִמְנָ֑ה עָרִ֥ים עֶ֖שֶׂר וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* (the) Kain Gibeah and Timnah cities ten and villages their

*JPS 1917:* Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.

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[Numbers 24:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.22/)

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כִּ֥י אִם־יִהְיֶ֖ה לְבָ֣עֵֽר קָ֑יִן עַד־מָ֖ה אַשּׁ֥וּר תִּשְׁבֶּֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) (if) it.will.become (into) consuming \[the\].Kenite\[s\] until when? Asshur will it.take.you.captive

*JPS 1917:* Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted; How long? Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

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