Lexical Summary qen: a nest Original Word: קֵןTransliteration: qen Phonetic Spelling: (kane) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a nest Meaning: a nest, the nestlings, a chamber, dwelling Strong's Concordance nest, room Contracted from qanan; a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling -- nest, room. see HEBREW qanan Brown-Driver-Briggs H7064. qen קֵן noun masculineDeuteronomy 22:6 nest; — absolute ׳ק Isaiah 10:14 +; construct קַןֿ Deuteronomy 22:6; suffix קִנּוֺ 32:11+, etc.; plural קִנִּים Genesis 6:14; — 1 nest, of bird Deuteronomy 22:6; Job 39:27; in sim Isaiah 10:14; Proverbs 27:8, of nestlings Deuteronomy 32:11; Isaiah 16:2 (מְשֻׁלָּח֑ קֵן), perhaps also עִםקִֿנִּי Job 29:18, but difficult, CheJQ July, 1897, 578 proposes זָקֵן or בִּוִקֻנַי (compare ᵐ5); nest on high, of rock-dwellings Numbers 24:21 (JE) Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 4; figurative of Chaldeans' secure abode Habakkuk 2:9; temple as secure home for Israel Psalm 84:4 (figurative of swallow). 2 cells, like nests, in Noah's ark Genesis 6:14 (P; read probably קִנִּים קִנִּים, so Lag Ol BuUrg.255 Di Holz Gunk). |
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