קֵן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7064

nest — used 13 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

nest tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קֵן²: n.m. nest tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Dt 22:6 nest;—abs. ק׳ Is 10:14; +; cstr. קַן־ Dt 22:6; sf. קִנּוֹ 32:11; +, etc.; pl. קִנִּים Gn 6:14;— nest, of bird Dt 22:6 Jb 39:27; in sim. Is 10:14 Pr 27:8, of nestlings Dt 32:11 Is 16:2 (קֵן מְשֻׁלָּח֑), perhaps also עִם־נִּי Jb 29:18, but difficult, CheJQ July, 1897, 578 proposes זָקֵן or בִּזִקֻנַי (cf. 𝔊); nest on high, of rock-dwellings Nu 24:21 (JE) Je 49:16; Ob 4; fig. of Chaldeans’ secure abode Hb 2:9; temple as secure home for Isr. ψ 84:4 (fig. of swallow). cells, like nests, in Noah’s ark Gn 6:14 (P; read prob. קִנִּים קִנִּים, so Lag Ol BuUrg. 255 Di Holz Gunk).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: nest (9); a nest (3); nests (1).

In the verses

Job 39:27 · tree →

אִם־עַל־פִּ֭יךָ יַגְבִּ֣יהַּ נָ֑שֶׁר וְ֝כִ֗י יָרִ֥ים קִנּֽוֹ׃

Word for word: or? on mouth your does.it.make.high.[its.flight] an.eagle and.(dm) that it.sets.on.high nest its

JPS 1917: Doth the vulture mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

Job 29:18 · tree →

וָ֭אֹמַר עִם־קִנִּ֣י אֶגְוָ֑ע וְ֝כַח֗וֹל אַרְבֶּ֥ה יָמִֽים׃

Word for word: and I.said with nest my I.will.expire and like (the) sand I.will.increase days

JPS 1917: Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;

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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).

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