כנה
Hebrew
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editכַּנָּה • (kaná) f (plural indefinite כַּנּוֹת)
- A mount, a stand, a base: a thing used as a base.
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew, agriculture) rootstock (a healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture)
References
edit- “כנה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
edit- כנה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editכֵּנֶה • (kené)
Usage notes
edit- This form is often considered incorrect, with כֵּן (kén) being the correct version.
Etymology 3
editProper noun
editכַּנֵּה • (kané) m
- a male given name in antiquity
- Ezekiel 27:23 (with translation from the King James Version):
- חָרָן וְכַנֵּה וָעֶדֶן רֹכְלֵי שְׁבָא אַשּׁוּר כִּלְמַד רֹכַלְתֵּךְ׃
- kharán v'khané va'éden rokhléi sh'vá ashúr kilmád rokhaltékh.
- Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants.
- חָרָן וְכַנֵּה וָעֶדֶן רֹכְלֵי שְׁבָא אַשּׁוּר כִּלְמַד רֹכַלְתֵּךְ׃
- Ezekiel 27:23 (with translation from the King James Version):
Etymology 4
editNoun
editכִּנָּה • (kiná) f (plural indefinite כִּנִּים)
Verb
editכִּנָּה • (kiná) (pi'el construction)
Anagrams
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