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title: קָנָה — get · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָנָה (lemma:קָנָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: get. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָנָה

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«קָנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **get** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:קָנָה · **BDB:** קָנָה

### Glosses

\[the\].creator (2); I.have.acquired (1); \[who\].he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

get [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5e0_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. get, acquire (NH = BH; Ph. (Pun.) מקנא, property \[in cattle\]; Assyrian ḳanû, gain, acquire, MeissnSuppl. 85; Arabic قَنَا (و, ى) acquire, procure; Sab. קני acquire, possess, CIS iv, no. 89, 5, 6, קני n. property id. ib. no. 3, 8, 29, 3; Ethiopic ቀነየ: acquire, subjugate; Aramaic קְנָא, ܩܢܳܐ, acquire);— Pf. 3 ms. ק׳ Gn 25:10 +; sf. קָנֶ֑ךָ Dt 32:6, קָנָהוּ Lv 27:24; 3 fs. קָֽנְתָה ψ 78:54; 2 ms. קָנִיתָ Ex 15:16 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִקְנֶה Lv 22:11 +, וַיִּ֫קֶן Gn 33:19 +, etc.; Imv. ms. קְנֵה Gn 47:19 +; Inf. abs. קָנֹה Lv 25:14 1 Ch 21:24, קָנוֹ 2 S 24:24; cstr. קְנֹה Pr 16:16, קְנוֹת Pr 16:16 +, etc.; Pt. קֹנֶה Dt 28:68, קוֹנֶה Pr 15:32 +, etc.;— get, acquire (all poet.): of God as originating, creating, קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ Gn 14:19, 22, Dt 32:6 (Isr.), ψ 139:13 (כִּלְיֹתָ֑י); Pr 8:22 (חכמה q.v.). of God as victoriously redeeming his people Ex 15:16; Is 11:11 ψ 74:2 (‖ גָּאַל); obj. הַר־זֶה 78:54. of Eve, acquiring, קַיִן, אֶת־י׳ (i.e. with the help of), Gn 4:1 (J). of acquiring wisdom, knowledge (only Pr): Pr 1:5; 4:5(×2), 7(×2); 15:32; 16:16(×2); 17:16; 18:15; 19:8; 23:23. elsewhere buy Ex 21:2 (E), Gn 47:20, 22 (J), 50:13 (P), Lv 27:24 (P), Dt 28:68; Is 24:2; Je 13:1; Ez 7:12 Pr 20:14 +; קֹנֶה owner, as purchaser Lv 25:30 (P); Is 1:3; Zc 11:5 +. be bought: Pf. 3 ms. נִקְנָה Je 32:43; Impf. 3 mpl. יִקָּנוּ v 15. Pf. 3 ms. sf. אָדָם הִקְנַנִי Zc 13:5; AV makes denom. of מִקְנֶה cattle; Thes RV MartiKau Buhl caused (one) to purchase me, i.e. made me a bondman; אֲדָמָה קִנְיָנִי.—Pt. מַקְנֶה v. קנא.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/lemma_3a_5e7_5b8_5e0_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 139:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.13/)

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כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ כִלְיֹתָ֑י תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי בְּבֶ֣טֶן אִמִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you you.created kidneys my you wove.me.together in the.womb my.mother my

*JPS 1917:* For Thou hast made my reins; Thou hast knit me together in my mother's womb.

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[Proverbs 8:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.8.22/)

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יְֽהוָ֗ה קָ֭נָנִי רֵאשִׁ֣ית דַּרְכּ֑וֹ קֶ֖דֶם מִפְעָלָ֣יו מֵאָֽז׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh he created.me the.beginning his.way his the.beginning his.works his from then

*JPS 1917:* The LORD made me as the beginning of His way, the first of His works of old.

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