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# קַנּוֹא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7072

**jealous** — used 2 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

jealous [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7072/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קַנּוֹא: adj. id. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7072/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. id.;—אֵל קַנּוֹא Jos 24:19 (E) (cf. Dt 6:15 supr.), Nah 1:2 (‖ נֹקֵם).

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

## In the verses

[Nahum 1:2](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.1.2/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.1.2/#tree)

אֵ֣ל קַנּ֤וֹא וְנֹקֵם֙ יְהוָ֔ה נֹקֵ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה וּבַ֣עַל חֵמָ֑ה נֹקֵ֤ם יְהוָה֙ לְצָרָ֔יו וְנוֹטֵ֥ר ה֖וּא לְאֹיְבָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.God jealous and avenging Yahweh \[is\].avenging Yahweh and a.lord of.rage \[is\].avenging Yahweh to foes his and.\[is\] keeping he to enemies his

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is a jealous and avenging God, the LORD avengeth and is full of wrath; the LORD taketh vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for His enemies.

[Joshua 24:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.24.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.24.19/#tree)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ אֶל־הָעָ֗ם לֹ֤א תֽוּכְלוּ֙ לַעֲבֹ֣ד אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים קְדֹשִׁ֖ים ה֑וּא אֵֽל־קַנּ֣וֹא ה֔וּא לֹֽא־יִשָּׂ֥א לְפִשְׁעֲכֶ֖ם וּלְחַטֹּאותֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Joshua to the people not you.will.be.able to serve (et) Yahweh (dm) \[is\].a.God holy he \[is\].a.God jealous he not he.will.forgive to transgression your and (to) sins your

*JPS 1917:* And Joshua said unto the people: 'Ye cannot serve the LORD; for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7072.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7072/): 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).