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Genesis 34:23

“Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מִקְנֶהmiqneh · mik-neh'
H4735 · Hebrew

Definition: something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
Derivation: from H7069 (קָנָה);
KJV renderings: cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.
Grammar: מִקְנֵ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
הֶ֤ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HNcmsc/Sp3mp
Usage: Occurs 76 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:20 Genesis 13:2 Genesis 13:7 Genesis 13:7 Genesis 26:14

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מִקְנֶה here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.