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# כָּנַנְיָהוּ

Biblical Hebrew

**Conaniah** — used 3 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

Conaniah [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b8_5bc_5e0_5b7_5e0_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4_5d5_5bc/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כּוֹנַנְיָ֫הוּ: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b8_5bc_5e0_5b7_5e0_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4_5d5_5bc/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** Kt, כֳּנַנְיָ֫הוּ Qr, n.pr.m. Levites. 2 Ch 31:12, 13 (v. Baer’s note). 2 Ch 35:9.—𝔊 Χωμενιας, Χωνενιας, A Χωχενιας.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Konaniah (2); of Konaniah (1).

## In the verses

[2 Chronicles 31:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.31.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.31.12/#tree)

וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ אֶת־הַתְּרוּמָ֧ה וְהַֽמַּעֲשֵׂ֛ר וְהַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה וַעֲלֵיהֶ֤ם נָגִיד֙ כָּֽנַנְיָ֣הוּהַלֵּוִ֔י וְשִׁמְעִ֥י אָחִ֖יהוּ מִשְׁנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.brought (et) the contribution and the tithe and the.holy things in faithfulness and.\[was\] over them an.officer Konaniah the Levite and Shimei brother his \[was\].second.in.command

*JPS 1917:* And they brought in the offerings and the tithes and the hallowed things faithfully; and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second.

[2 Chronicles 35:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.35.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.35.9/#tree)

וְ֠כָֽנַנְיָהוּ וּשְׁמַֽעְיָ֨הוּ וּנְתַנְאֵ֜ל אֶחָ֗יו וַחֲשַׁבְיָ֧הוּ וִיעִיאֵ֛ל וְיוֹזָבָ֖ד שָׂרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּ֑ם הֵרִ֨ימוּ לַלְוִיִּ֤ם לַפְּסָחִים֙ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֔ים וּבָקָ֖ר חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and Konaniah and Shemaiah and Nethanel brothers his and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad the.leaders of the.Levites they.contributed for the Levites for the passovers five thousand(s) and cattle five hundred(s)

*JPS 1917:* Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for the passover-offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5db_5b8_5bc_5e0_5b7_5e0_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4_5d5_5bc.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/lemma_3a_5db_5b8_5bc_5e0_5b7_5e0_5b0_5d9_5b8_5d4_5d5_5bc/): 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).