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# כָּנָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3655

**betitle** — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

betitle [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3655/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּנָה: vb. Pi. betitle, title, give an epithet cognomen Pu. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3655/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pi. betitle, title, give an epithet or cognomen (NH id.; Aramaic כְּנָא, ܟܢܳܐ; Arabic كَنَى)— Impf. 1 s. sf. וָאֶקְרָא לְךָ בִשְׁמֶ֑ךָ אֲכַנְּךָ Is 45:4 I have called thee by thy name, giving thee a title (of honour; cf. for construction Dr§ 163); 3 ms. וּבְשֵׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל יְכַנֶּה 44:5, and with the name Israel he titles (himself), is hardly poss.; abs. he betitles, or makes use of a title, is unlikely; read prob. Pu., v. infr., in bad sense = give a flattering title: וְאֶל־אָדָם לֹא אֲכַנֶּה Jb 32:21 and unto man I do not give flattering titles (‖ אַל־נָא אֶשָּׂא פְנֵי אִישׁ); abs. v 22. Impf. יְכֻנֶּה Is 44:5 he is betitled (v. supr.; so 𝔗 Bi Che Du; ‖ יקרא בשׁם יעקב, etc.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I will give a title (2); I (1); he will give a title (1).

## In the verses

[Job 32:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.21/#tree)

אַל־נָ֭א אֶשָּׂ֣א פְנֵי־אִ֑ישׁ וְאֶל־אָ֝דָ֗ם לֹ֣א אֲכַנֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* not please let.me.lift.up \[the\].face of.anyone and to anyone not I.will.give.a.title

*JPS 1917:* Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person; neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.

[Job 32:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.22/#tree)

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֲכַנֶּ֑ה כִּ֝מְעַ֗ט יִשָּׂאֵ֥נִי עֹשֵֽׂנִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not I.know I.will.give.a.title like a.little he will.carry.me.away the.\[one who\].made.me

*JPS 1917:* For I know not to give flattering titles; else would my Maker soon take me away.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3655.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3655/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).