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Strong's #7070 - קָנֶה
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- reed, stalk, bone, balances
- stalk
- water-plant, reed
- calamus (aromatic reed)
- derived meanings
- measuring-rod
- reed (as unit of measure-6 cubits)
- beam (of scales-for scales themselves)
- shaft (of lampstand)
- branches (of lampstand)
- shoulder-joint
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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 stalk of grain Genesis 41:5,22 (E).
2 water-plant, reed, 1 Kings 14:15; Isaiah 19:6 ( + סוּף), Isaiah 35:7 (+ גֹּמֶא); collective, ׳חַיַת ק Psalm 68:31 beasts of (the) reeds (dwelling among them), compare וּבִצָּה׳בְּסֵתֶר ק Job 40:21; הָרָצוּץ׳מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקּ 2 Kings 18:21= Isaiah 36:6, ׳ק׳מִשׁ Ezekiel 29:6, all figurative of weak support; compare רָצוּץ׳ק Isaiah 42:3 (spared by ׳עבד י).
3 calamus, aromatic reed, הַטּוֺב׳ק Jeremiah 6:20 (Ges §126 w), בֿשֶֹׁם׳ק, Exodus 30:23(P); ׳ק alone Ezekiel 27:19; Isaiah 43:24; ct Isaiah 4:14.
4 derived meanings :
a. measuring-rod, קְנֵח הַמִּדָּה Ezekiel 40:3,5 (6 cubits long, see אַמָּה) Ezekiel 42:16 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 42:17,18,19.
b. unit of measure, reed (of 6 cubits, as Assyrian ‡anû) Ezekiel 40:5 (twice in verse) + 10t. 40,42, + ׳מְלוֺ הַקּ Ezekiel 41:8 full reed (emphatic).
c.. beam of scales, for scales themselves Isaiah 46:6.
d. shaft of lamp-stand Exodus 25:31= Exodus 37:17 (P).
e. branches thereof, Exodus 25:32 (3t. in verse) = Exodus 37:18 (3t. in verse) +16t. 25,37 (all P).
f. shoulder-joint, Job 31:22("" שְׁכָם).
קָנֶה m. pr.
(1) cane, reed, calamus (see the root; to this answer the Greek and Latin, κάννα, κάννη, κάνη, canna), specially, a reed growing in rivers and marshes, Isaiah 42:3, 36:6 Psalms 68:31 (where the beast of the reed is the crocodile [but see חַיָּה ]), aromatic and sweet smelling calamus. Isaiah 43:24 fully, קְנֵה בֹשֶׂם Exodus 30:23 and קָנֶה הַטּוֹב Jeremiah 6:20.
(2) a stalk of corn, Genesis 41:5, 22 Genesis 41:22.
(3) κανών, a measuring reed, fully, קְנֵה הַמִּדָּה Ezekiel 40:3, Ezekiel 40:5 also a measure of six cubits, Ezekiel 41:8.
(4) the beam of a balance (Gr. κανών), Isaiah 46:6.
(5) the higher bone of the arm (prop. tube, comp. Germ. Rohr, and Röhre, Armröhre), hence branch of a chandelier, Exodus 25:31; Job 31:22. Plur. קָנִים channels or branches of a chandelier bearing the lights, Exodus 25:31, seqq.; and קָנוֹת 25:36 37:22.