H7014A

קַ֫יִן

qa.yinN:N-M-PG

Kain

§ Kenite = "smiths" n pr gent the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. קַ֫יִן proper name

1. of a people (see Sta^{G i. 151 f.} Mey^{Entstehung 115}; compare Arabic proper name, of family Nabataean, Sinaitic proper name, masculine and feminine קינו; tribe of smiths?); — tribe of Mose's father-in-law Judg 4:11 (compare קֵינִי Judg 1:16), Καινα ᵐ5^L Κειν; akin to Midian (Num 10:29 P), settled among Amalekites in south of Canaan (see קֵינִי); prophesied against by Balaam Num 24:22 (קָ֑יִן; J E); — see also קֵינִי

2. location הַקַּ֫יִן in southern Judah (a settlement of II. ׳ק 1 ?); — Josh 15:57, [Ζακαν]αειμ, A [Ζανω] Ακειμ, ᵐ5^L [Ζανου] Ακεν; possibly= Yª†în southeast from Hebron [Rob^{BR ii.85}] (see Buhl^{Geogr. 162 f.} who, however, compare קִינָה vJosh 15:22).

III. קַ֫יִן proper name, masculine Cain, Kain eldest son of Adam and Eve (explanation Gen 4:1 from קָנָה acquire; but in fact = II. ׳ק, as heros eponymos, according to We^compare11 Sta^{G 285 ff.} Bu^{Urg. 193} Holz^{Gen 50f.} especially Sta^{ZAW xiv (1894), 250 ff.}; xv (1895), 157 ff., Che^{Ency.Bib.CAIN}); — ׳ק Gen 4:1; Gen 4:2; Gen 4:3; Gen 4:5 (twice in verse); Gen 4:8 (twice in verse); Gen 4:9; Gen 4:13; Gen 4:15 (twice in verse); Gen 4:16; Gen 4:17, קָ֑יִן vGen 4:6 vGen 4:24 vGen 4:25 (all J).

2 occurrences

Numbers (1), Joshua (1)