Original Language Studio
Genesis 49:32
“The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מִקְנֶהmiqneh · mik-neh'
H4735 · Hebrew
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
- מִקְנֵ֧ה — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 76 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:20Genesis 13:2Genesis 13:7Genesis 13:7Genesis 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.
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.