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Strong's #7064 - קֵן
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1428) nq (קנ QN) AC: Acquire CO: Nest AB: Zealous: The pictograph q is a picture of the sun at the horizon and the gathering of the light, the n is a picture of a seed. Combined these mean "gathering for the seeds". The parent birds go about gathering materials to build a nest where they will raise their seeds (eggs) . (eng: coin - for purchasing)
A) nq (קנ QN) AC: ? CO: Nest AB: ?: A birds nest as well as a stall for animals as a nest.
Nm) nq (קנ QN) - Nest: KJV (13): nest, room - Strongs: H7064 (קֵן)
B) nnq (קננ QNN) AC: ? CO: Nest AB: ?: The building of the nest and family.
V) nnq (קננ QNN) - Nest: To build a Nest or home. KJV (5): (vf: Pual, Piel) nest - Strongs: H7077 (קָנַן)
bm) ninq (קנינ QNYN) - Possessions: The goods and wealth acquired as the acquiring of materials for building a nest. KJV (10): substance, getting, goods, riches, with - Strongs: H7075 (קִנְיָן)
E) anq (קנא QNA) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Zealous: The parent bird will guard over and protect the nest and eggs from predators. Man can guard over the family, wife, possessions in a positive way (protect, from an enemy) or in a negative way (by not trusting or a desire to have anothers possessions) .
V) anq (קנא QNA) - Zealous: KJV (33): (vf: Hiphil, Piel) envy, jealous, zealous, zeal - Strongs: H7065 (קָנָא)
Nm) anq (קנא QNA) - Zealous: One who is protective over someone or something. KJV (6): jealous - Strongs: H7067 (קַנָּא)
Nf1) eanq (קנאה QNAH) - Zealousy: A protective or suspicious nature. KJV (43): jealousy, zeal, envy, for my sake - Strongs: H7068 (קִנְאָה)
cm) afnq (קנוא QNWA) - Zealous: KJV (2): jealous - Strongs: H7072 (קַנּוֹא)
H) enq (קנה QNH) AC: Gather CO: Branch AB: ?: The process of gathering branches for the nest; mans gathering or acquiring materials by taking or buying. The ancients measured wealth by the amount of ones possessions and measured distances using a branch with marks on it.
V) enq (קנה QNH) - Possess: To acquire someone or something through a purchase or other method. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (85): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) get, gotten, possess, buy, purchase, possessor, buyer, keep - Strongs: H7066 (קְנָא), H7069 (קָנָה)
Nm) enq (קנה QNH) - Branch: As used for nest building. KJV (62): reed, branch, calamus, cane, stalk - Strongs: H7070 (קָנֶה)
hm) enqm (מקנה MQNH) - I. Herd:What is purchased or possessed. II. Possession:What is purchased or possessed. Usually of livestock or land. KJV (75): cattle, possession, flocks, substance, herd, purchase - Strongs: H4735 (מִקְנֶה)
hf1) enqm (מקנה MQNH) - Possession: What is purchased or possessed. Usually of livestock or land. KJV (15): bought, purchase, price, possession - Strongs: H4736 (מִקְנָה)
J) nfq (קונ QWN) AC: ? CO: Song AB: ?: The repetitive song or chirping of a bird.
V) nfq (קונ QWN) - Chant: As a repetitive sound like a bird. KJV (8): (vf: Piel) lament, mourning - Strongs: H6969 (קִין)
Nf1) enfq (קונה QWNH) - Chanting: [df: hnyq] KJV (18): lamentation, dirge, elegy - Strongs: H7015 (קִינָה)
M) niq (קינ QYN) AC: ? CO: Bill AB: ?: The bill of a bird used for feeding it young and as a weapon.
Nm) niq (קינ QYN) - Spearhead: Like the bill of bird used to defend the nest. KJV (1): spear - Strongs: H7013 (קַיִן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 nest, of bird Deuteronomy 22:6; Job 39:27; in sim Isaiah 10:14; Proverbs 27:8, of nestlings Deuteronomy 32:11; Isaiah 16:2 (קֵן מְשֻׁלָּח֑), perhaps also עִםקִֿנִּי Job 29:18, but difficult, Che JQ July, 1897,578 proposes זָקֵן or בִּוִקֻנַי (compare ᵐ5); nest on high, of rock-dwellings Numbers 24:21 (JE) Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 4; figurative of Chaldeans' secure abode Habakkuk 2:9; temple as secure home for Israel Psalm 84:4 (figurative of swallow).
2 cells, like nests, in Noah's ark Genesis 6:14 (P; read probably קִנִּים קִנִּים, so Lag Ol Bu Urg.255 Di Holz Gunk).
קֵן m., const. followed by Makkeph קַֽן־ Deuteronomy 22:6, with suff. קִנּוֹ (from the root קָנַן)
(1) a nest, Isaiah 10:14 meton. young ones in a nest, Deuteronomy 32:11; Isaiah 16:2.
(2) metaph. abode, especially one on a lofty rock, like an eagle’s nest, Numbers 24:21; Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 1:4; Habakkuk 2:9 or as being pleasant and comfortable (Gr. καλία), Job 29:18. Pl. קִנִּים cells, chambers (of the ark), Genesis 6:14.