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# קָנָא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7065

**be jealous** — used 34 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

be jealous [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7065/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָנָא: vb.denom be jealous, zealous [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7065/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom be jealous, zealous (Gerber131);—Pf. 3 ms. קִנֵּא Nu 25:13 +; 1 s. קִנֵּאתִי Zc 1:14 + etc.; Impf. יְקַנֵּא Is 11:13; Pr 23:17, etc.; Inf. abs. קַנֹּא 1 K 19:10, 14; cstr. sf. קַנְאוֹ Nu 25:11; קַנֹאתוֹ 2 S 21:2; Pt. מְקַנֵּא Nu 11:29;— be jealous of, c. acc. אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ Nu 5:14(×2), 30 (P); in rivalry Is 11:13. be envious of, c. ב pers., Gn 30:1 (E), 37:11 (J) ψ 37:1; 73:3; Pr 3:31; 23:17; 24:1, 19; c. acc. pers. Gn 26:14 (J); Ez 31:9; c. ל pers. ψ 106:16. be zealous for: of man, c. ל pers. Nu 11:29 (J); 2 S 21:2; for God Nu 25:13 (P), 1 K 19:10, 14; ק׳ קנאה Nu 25:11 (P). of God, לְשֵׁם קָדְשִׁי Ez 39:25; לְאַרְצוֹ Jo 2:18; לִירוּשׁ׳ Zc 1:14; לְצִיּוֹן Zc 8:2(×2) excite to jealous anger, c. בִּ instr. Dt 32:21 a (dub.; probably הַקְנִאוּנִי; cf. v 16, 21 b), 1 K 14:22. provoke to jealous anger: Impf. 3 mpl. sf. יַקְנִאֻהוּ Dt 32:16; יַקְנִיאוּהוּ ψ 78:58 (‖ וַיַּכְעִיסוּהוּ); 1 s. אַקְנִיאֵם Dt 32:21 b; Pt. metapl. מַקְנֶה Ez 8:3 (Ges§ 75 q, del. Co).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 29 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: be jealous (4); they (4); I am jealous (3).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 32:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.16/#tree)

יַקְנִאֻ֖הוּ בְּזָרִ֑ים בְּתוֹעֵבֹ֖ת יַכְעִיסֻֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* they made.him.jealous by strange.\[gods\] by abominations they provoked.him.to.anger

*JPS 1917:* They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.

[Psalms 73:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.3/#tree)

כִּֽי־קִ֭נֵּאתִי בַּֽהוֹלְלִ֑ים שְׁל֖וֹם רְשָׁעִ֣ים אֶרְאֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.was.jealous of \[those who\].boast \[the\].well-being of.wicked.\[people\] I.saw

*JPS 1917:* For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7065.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7065/): 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).