H7064

קֵן

qenH:N-M

nest

1) nest 1a) nest (of bird) 1b) cells (like nests in Noah's ark)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

קֵן noun masculine^{Deut 22:6} nest; — absolute ׳ק Isa 10:14 +; construct קַןֿ Deut 22:6 suffix קִנּוֺ Deut 32:11+, etc.; plural קִנִּים Gen 6:14 —

1. nest, of bird Deut 22:6; Job 39:27 in sim Isa 10:14; Prov 27:8, of nestlings Deut 32:11; Isa 16:2 (קֵן מְשֻׁלָּח֑), perhaps also עִםקִֿנִּי Job 29:18, but difficult, Che^{JQ July, 1897, 578} proposes זָקֵן or בִּוִקֻנַי (compare ᵐ5); nest on high, of rock-dwellings Num 24:21 (JE) Jer 49:16; Obad 1:4 figurative of Chaldeans' secure abode Hab 2:9 temple as secure home for Israel Ps 84:4 (figurative of swallow).

2. cells, like nests, in Noah's ark Gen 6:14 (P; read probably קִנִּים קִנִּים, so Lag Ol Bu^Urg.255 Di Holz Gunk).

10 occurrences

Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (1), Job (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Obadiah (1), Habakkuk (1)