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# קִנְיָן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7075

**thing got** — used 10 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

thing got [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7075/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קִנְיָן: thing got or acquired, acquisition [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7075/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thing got or acquired, acquisition (Aramaism, LagBN 205); abs. ק׳ Ez 38:12, 13; cstr. קִנְיַן Lv 22:11; sf. קִנְיָֽנְךָ Pr 4:7 +, etc.;— thing acquired by purchase קִנְיַן כֶּסֶף Lv 22:11 (H; cf. מִקְנָה); of property Gn 34:23; 36:6; Jos 14:4; (all P), Ez 38:12, 13 (in all disting, from מִקְנֶה cattle); ‖ בַּיִת ψ 105:21; מִקְנֵה קִנְיָנוֹ Gn 31:18 (P; prob. doublet, 𝔊 om.); בְּכָל־קִנְיָֽנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָה Pr 4:7 with (or at the price of) all that thou hast acquired, get understanding. more gen.: coll. creatures 𝔊 κτίσις ψ 104:24 (cf. √ 1 a).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: property (4); acquisition (3); creature\[s\] (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 4:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.7/#tree)

רֵאשִׁ֣ית חָ֭כְמָה קְנֵ֣ה חָכְמָ֑ה וּבְכָל־קִ֝נְיָנְךָ֗ קְנֵ֣ה בִינָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].beginning of.wisdom acquire wisdom and by all acquisition your acquire understanding

*JPS 1917:* The beginning of wisdom is: Get wisdom; yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

[Psalms 105:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.21/#tree)

שָׂמ֣וֹ אָד֣וֹן לְבֵית֑וֹ וּ֝מֹשֵׁ֗ל בְּכָל־קִנְיָנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he appointed.him master of household his and ruler over all acquisition his

*JPS 1917:* He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his possessions;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7075.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7075/): 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).