קַיִן

«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.

Used: 3 times · Key: lemma:קַיִן · BDB: קַ֫יִן²

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

Cain tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr. gent. loc. tree →

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).

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Joshua 15:57

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.

Numbers 24:22

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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