H7069

קָנָה

qa.nahH:V

to buy

1) to get, acquire, create, buy, possess 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to get, acquire, obtain 1a1a) of God originating, creating, redeeming His people 1a1a1) possessor 1a1b) of Eve acquiring 1a1c) of acquiring knowledge, wisdom 1a2) to buy 1b) (Niphal) to be bought 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to possess Aramaic equivalent: qe.na (קְנָא "to buy" H7066)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. קָנָה₈₄ verb get, acquire (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician (Punic) מקנא, property [in cattle]; Assyrian ‡anû, gain, acquire, Meissn^{Suppl. 85}; Arabic (,) acquire, procure; Sabean קני acquire, possess, CIS^iv,no.89,5.6, קני noun property Id^{ib,no.3,8,29,3}; Ethiopic acquire, subjugate; Aramaic קְנָא, (accquire); —

Qal₈₁ Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ק Gen 25:10 +; suffix קֶָ נ֑ךָ Deut 32:6, קָנָהוּ Lev 27:24 3 feminine singularקָֽנְתָה Ps 78:54 2 masculine singular קָנִיתָ Exod 15:16 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִקְנֶךְ Lev 22:11 +, וַיִ֫קֶן Gen 33:19 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular קְנֵח Gen 47:19 +; Infinitive absolute קָנֹה Lev 25:14; 1Chr 21:24, קָנוֺ 2Sam 24:24 cstr. קְנֹה Prov 16:16, קְנוֺת Prov 16:16 +, etc.; Participle קֹנֶה Deut 28:68, קְוֺנֶה Prov 15:32 +, etc.; —

1. get, acquire (all poetry) :
a. of God as originating, creating, קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ Gen 14:19; Gen 14:22; Deut 32:6 (Israel), Ps 139:13 (כִּלְֹיתָ֑י); Prov 8:22 ( חכמה q. v.).
b. of God as victoriously redeeming his people Exod 15:16; Isa 11:11; Ps 74:2 (|| גָּאַל) object הַרוֶֿה Ps 78:54.
c. of Eve, acquiring קַיִן, ׳אֶתיֿ (i.e. with the help of), Gen 4:1 (J).
d. of acquiring wisdom, knowledge (only Proverbs): Prov 1:5; Prov 4:5 (twice in verse); Prov 4:7 (twice in verse); Prov 15:32; Prov 16:16 (twice in verse); Prov 17:16; Prov 18:15; Prov 19:8; Prov 23:23.

2. elsewhere buy Exod 21:2 (E), Gen 47:22 (J), Gen 50:13 (P), Lev 27:24(H), Deut 28:68; Isa 24:2; Jer 13:1; Ezek 7:12; Prov 20:14 +; קֹנֶה owner, as purchaser Lev 25:30 (P) Isa 1:3; Zech 11:5 +. Niph`al be bought: Perfect 3 masculine singular נִקְנָה Jer 32:43 Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִקָּנוּ vJer 32:15. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix אָדָם חִקְנַנִי Zech 13:5 AV makes denominative of מִקְנֶה cattle; Thes RV Marti^Kau Buhl caused (one) to purchase me, i.e. made me a bondman; < We Now GASm read אֲרָמָה קִנְיָנִי — Participle מַקְנֶה see קנא.

[קְנָא] verb acquire, buy (see Biblical Hebrew I. קנה); —

Pe`al Imperfect 2 masculine singular תִּקְנֵא Ezra 7:17 with accusative of thing, + בְּכַסְפָּא.

66 occurrences

Genesis (11), Exodus (1), Leviticus (9), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), Ruth (4), II Samuel (3), I Kings (1), II Kings (1), I Chronicles (1), II Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (2), Psalms (3), Proverbs (8), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (10), Ezekiel (1), Amos (1), Zechariah (2)