Lexical Definition

‎כְּנַעַנִי‎ Kᵉnaʻanîy (ken-ah-an-ee') Canaanite ^N:N--LG
patrial from ‎כְּנַעַן‎

Canaanite, merchant, trafficker.

• § Canaanite = see Cana "zealous"
• a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan
• by implication, a pedlar (the Canaanites standing for their neighbors the Ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile caravans)

adj
1) descendant of inhabitant of Canaan
n
2) descendant or inhabitant of Canaan
3) a merchant, trader

Extended Information

group of: כְּנַעַן

• a merchant, trader
• Group of ke.na.an (‎כ‎ְּ‎נ‎ַ֫‎ע‎ַ‎ן‎ "merchant" כְּנַעַן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎כְּנַעֲנִי‎ adjective and name, of a people of I. ‎כְּנַעַן‎; — usually masculine singular ‎(הַ)כְּנַעֲנִי‎ Gen 38:2; Num 21:1 +; feminine singular ‎הַכְּנַעֲנִית‎ Gen 46:10 = Exod 6:15; 1Chr 2:3 masculine plural ‎(הַ)כְּנַעֲנִים‎ Obad 1:20; Neh 9:24 —

1. adjective ‎׳‎‎אִישׁ כ‎ Gen 38:2 (J).

2. with article as substantive, a. of individual, ‎׳‎‎מֶלֶךְעֲֿרָדהַכּ‎ Num 21:1 (J) and hence Num 33:40 (P or R); feminine ‎הַכְּנַעֲנִיתּ‎ Gen 46:10 = Exod 6:15 (P) ‎בַּתשֿׁוּעַ הַכְּנַעֲנִית‎ 1Chr 2:3.
b. usually collective (with article) of pre-Israel in-habitants of ‎כְּנַעַן‎ (q. v.) Gen 12:6; Gen 24:3; Gen 24:37; Gen 50:11 (all J), Num 21:3 (J), Josh 13:3 (D), Judg 1:1; Judg 1:3; Judg 1:9; Judg 1:10; Judg 1:17, many of whom continued to live in the midst of Israel, vJudg 1:27 vJudg 1:28 vJudg 1:29 vJudg 1:29 vJudg 1:30 vJudg 1:32 vJudg 1:33; Josh 16:10 (twice in verse); Josh 17:12; Josh 17:13; Josh 17:16; Josh 17:18 (all J E), 1Kgs 9:16 plural only Obad 1:20, and ‎ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִים‎ Neh 9:24 ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁפְּחוֺת הַכּ‎ Gen 10:18, ‎׳‎‎גְּבוּל הַכּ‎ vGen 10:19 (both J), ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ הַכּ‎ Exod 13:11 (JE), Ezek 16:3 often of part of the inhabitants, ‎וְכָל ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎הַכּ‎ Josh 7:9 (JE), Deut 11:30 with other proper name, of a people, + ‎הַפְּרִזִּי‎ Gen 13:7; Gen 34:30 (both J), Judg 1:4; Judg 1:5, + ‎הָאֱמֹרִי‎ Deut 1:7; Josh 5:1; Josh 13:4 (all D); + ‎הַחִוִּי‎ 2Sam 24:7 + ‎עֲמָלֵקִ (יׅ‎ Num 14:25; Num 14:43; Num 14:45 especially in the list of peoples dispossessed by Israel, Gen 15:21; Exod 3:8; Exod 3:17; Exod 13:5; Exod 23:23; Exod 23:28; Exod 33:2; Exod 34:11; Num 13:29 (‎׳‎‎הַכּ‎ dwelling by the sea and along Jordan [compare Deut 1:7; Deut 11:30; Josh 5:1; Josh 11:3; Josh 13:4]; all these J E), Deut 7:1; Deut 20:17; Josh 3:10; Josh 9:1; Josh 11:3; Josh 12:8; Josh 24:11 (all J E D), Judg 3:3; Judg 3:5 hence Ezra 9:1; Neh 9:8. compare Dr^{Dt. p. 11, 13 f., 97, 133}.

II. ‎כְּנַעֲנִי‎ noun masculine trader, merchant (compare II. ‎כְּנַעַן‎); only singular (but see below): — ‎עוֺד‎ ‎׳‎‎וְלֹא יִהְיֶה כ‎‎׳‎‎בְּבֵית י‎ Zech 14:21 (probably); ‎׳‎‎וַחֲגוֺר נָָֽתְנָה לַכּ‎ Prov 31:24 (|| ‎סָדִין עָֽשְׂתָה וַתִּמְכֹּר‎). **plural suffix ‎כִּנְעָנֶיהָ‎ (si vera lectio) Isa 23:8 (|| ‎סֹחֲרֶיהָ‎). In Zech 11:7; Zech 11:11 read perhaps ‎(לִ)כְנַעֲנִיֵּי‎ for ‎(לָ)כֵן עֲנִיֵּי‎, ᵐ5 Ξαναναῖοι, Ξαναανῖτιν, Sta^{ZAW, 1881. 26} (who compare as to sense Hos 12:8*), compare Klo We Marti.

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