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Genesis 37:11
“And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קָנָאqânâʼ · kaw-naw'
H7065 · Hebrew
H7065 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), [idiom] very, (be) zeal(-ous).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְקַנְאוּ — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 33 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:14Genesis 30:1Numbers 5:14Numbers 5:14Numbers 5:30
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 קָנָא here.
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.