kine

noun (kine), plural only; old use

«kine» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition and Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Kine is an old word for cows, used as the plural of cow. tree →

In the lessons

a rare old word in folk songs and tales; it names farm animals, as camels and kine do

Examples

Heavy are the kine in the field. tree →
The farmer milked the kine every morning. tree →
Long ago the kine grazed by the river. tree →

Note

kine is a plural count of cows; in a problem, count them as cows and say the number.

In Jewish tradition

In Pharaoh's dream the seven fat and seven lean kine stand for years of plenty and years of famine. In Samuel, milch kine pull the cart that carries the Ark back from the Philistines. Amos calls the rich women of Samaria "kine of Bashan."

Interpretation. The tradition sees Joseph's explanation of the dream as a sign that God gives wisdom to interpret what is hidden and to plan ahead. Amos's picture is read as a rebuke of the well-fed who crush the poor.

Examples

And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine. (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917) tree →
And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. (Torah GEN.41.4, JPS 1917) tree →
thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. (Torah GEN.32.15, JPS 1917) tree →
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. (Prophets 1SA.6.10, JPS 1917) tree →
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords: 'Bring, that we may feast.' (Prophets AMO.4.1, JPS 1917) tree →
Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them. (Prophets 1SA.6.7, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

kine is a plural count of cows; in a problem, count them as cows and say the number.

Early Modern English

Meaning

Cows, or cattle. tree →

Then and now

No longer used; today we say "cows". "Kine" is the old plural of cow.

Examples

And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine. (Torah GEN.41.20, JPS 1917) tree →
You ain't had de kine w'at kotch me on de underjaw. (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) tree →
And the ill-favoured and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favoured and fat kine. (Torah GEN.41.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Today: cows.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «kine» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«kine» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «kine» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«kine» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «kine» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«kine» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.

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