Lexical Summary Kna'aniy: inhabitant of Canaan Original Word: כְּנַעַנִיTransliteration: Kna'aniy Phonetic Spelling: (ken-ah-an-ee') Part of Speech: Adjective; name, of a people; substantive; noun masculine Short Definition: inhabitant of Canaan Meaning: Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan Strong's Concordance Canaanite, merchant, trafficker Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans) -- Canaanite, merchant, trafficker. see HEBREW Kna'an Brown-Driver-Briggs H3669. Kna 'aniy I. כְּנַעֲנִי adjective and name, of a people of I. כְּנַעַן; — usually masculine singular (הַ)כְּנַעֲנִי Genesis 38:2; Numbers 21:1 +; feminine singular הַכְּנַעֲנִית Genesis 46:10 = Exodus 6:15; 1 Chronicles 2:3 masculine plural (הַ)כְּנַעֲנִים Obadiah 20; Nehemiah 9:24; — 1. adjective כ ׳אִישׁ Genesis 38:2 (J). 2 with article as substantive, a. of individual, ׳מֶלֶךְעֲֿרָדהַכּ Numbers 21:1 (J) and hence 33:40 (P or R); feminine הַכְּנַעֲנִיתּ Genesis 46:10 = Exodus 6:15 (P) הַכְּנַעֲנִית בַּתשֿׁוּעַ 1 Chronicles 2:3. b. usually collective (with article) of pre-Israel in-habitants of כְּנַעַן (q. v.) Genesis 12:6; 24:3, 37; 50:11 (all J), Numbers 21:3 (J), Joshua 13:3 (D), Judges 1:1, 3, 9, 10, 17, many of whom continued to live in the midst of Israel, 1:27; 1:28; 1:29; 1:29; 1:30; 1:32; 1:33; Joshua 16:10 (twice in verse); 17:12-13, 16, 18 (all J E), 1 Kings 9:16; plural only Obadiah 20, and הַכְּנַעֲנִים הָאָרֶץ ישְׁבֵי Nehemiah 9:24; הַכּ ׳מִשְׁמְּחוֺת Genesis 10:18, הַכּ ׳גְּבוּל 10:19 (both J), הַכּ ׳אֶרֶץ Exodus 13:11 (JE), Ezekiel 16:3; often of part of the inhabitants, ׳הַכּ הָאָרֶץ ישְׁבֵי וְכָל Joshua 7:9 (JE), Deuteronomy 11:30; with other proper name, of a people, + הַמְּרִזִּי Genesis 13:7; 34:30 (both J), Judges 1:4-5, + הָאֱמֹרִי Deuteronomy 1:7; Joshua 5:1; 13:4 (all D); + הַחִוִּי 2 Samuel 24:7; + (יׅ עֲמָלֵקִ Numbers 14:25, 43, 45; especially in the list of peoples dispossessed by Israel, Genesis 15:21; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 23:23, 28; 33:2; 34:11; Numbers 13:29 (׳הַכּ dwelling by the sea and along Jordan [compare Deuteronomy 1:7; 11:30; Joshua 5:1; 11:3; 13:4]; all these J E), Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 9:1; 11:3; 12:8; 24:11 (all J E D), Judges 3:3, 5; hence Ezra 9:1; Nehemiah 9:8. compare DrDt. p. 11, 13 f., 97, 133. II. כְּנַעֲנִי noun masculine trader, merchant (compare II. כְּנַעַן); only singular (but see below): — י כ׳בְּבֵית יִהְיֶה ׳וְלֹא עוֺד Zechariah 14:21 (probably); לַכּ נָָֽתְנָה ׳וַחֲגוֺר Proverbs 31:24 ("" וַתִּמְכֹּר עָֽשְׂתָה סָדִין). **plural suffix כִּנְעָנֶיהָ (si vera lectio) Isaiah 23:8 ("" סֹחֲרֶיהָ). In Zechariah 11:7, 11 read perhaps (לִ)כְנַעֲנִיֵּי for ᵐ5 עֲנִיֵּי, (לָ)כֵן Ξαναναῖοι, Ξαναανῖτιν, StaZAW, 1881. 26 (who compare as to sense Hosea 12:8), compare Klo We Marti. |
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