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STRONGS NUMBER H7070
Transliteration: qaneh
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-neh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a stalk, reed
Meaning: a reed, a, rod, shaft, tube, stem, the radius, beam
Word Summary
qaneh: a stalk, reed
Original Word: קָנֶהTransliteration: qaneh
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-neh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a stalk, reed
Meaning: a reed, a, rod, shaft, tube, stem, the radius, beam
Strong's Concordance
balance, bone, branch, cane, reed, spearman, stalkFrom qanah; a reed (as erect); by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard) -- balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, X spearman, stalk.
see HEBREW qanah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7070. qaneh
קָנֶה62 noun masculineGenesis 41:5 stalk, reed; — absolute ׳ק 1 Kings 14:5 +; construct קְנֵה Ezekiel 40:3 +; suffix קָנָהּ Exodus 25:31; 37:17 = קָנָהֿ (Ges§ 91e) Job 31:22; plural קָנִים Exodus 25:32 +; construct קְנֵי 37:18 +; suffixקְנֹתָם 25:36; 37:22; —
1 stalk of grain Genesis 41:5, 22 (E).
2 water-plant, reed, 1 Kings 14:15; Isaiah 19:6 ( + סוּף), 35:7 (+ גֹּמֶא); collective, ק ׳חַיַת Psalm 68:31 beasts of (the) reeds (dwelling among them), compare ק ׳בְּסֵתֶר וּבִצָּה Job 40:21; הַקּ ׳מִשְׁעֶנֶת הָרָצוּץ 2 Kings 18:21=Isaiah 36:6, ׳מִשׁ ׳ק Ezekiel 29:6, all figurative of weak support; compare ׳ק רָצוּץ Isaiah 42:3 (spared by י ׳עבד).
3 calamus, aromatic reed, ׳ק הַטּוֺב Jeremiah 6:20 (Ges §126 w), בֿשֶֹׁם׳ק, Exodus 30:23(P); ׳ק alone Ezekiel 27:19; Isaiah 43:24; ct Isaiah 4:14.
4 derived meanings :
a. measuring-rod, הַמִּדָּה קְנֵח Ezekiel 40:3, 5 (6 cubits long, see אַמָּה) 42:16 (twice in verse); 42:17-18, 19.
b. unit of measure, reed (of 6 cubits, as Assyrian ‡anû) Ezekiel 40:5 (twice in verse) + 10 t. 40, 42, + הַקּ ׳מְלוֺ 41:8 full reed (emphatic).
c.. beam of scales, for scales themselves Isaiah 46:6.
d. shaft of lamp-stand Exodus 25:31=37:17 (P).
e. branches thereof, Exodus 25:32 (3 t. in verse) = 37:18 (3 t. in verse) +16 t. 25, 37 (all P).
f. shoulder-joint, Job 31:22("" שְׁכָם).