Lexical Definition

‎מִקְנֶה‎ miqneh (mik-neh') livestock ^H:N-M
from ‎קָנָה‎

cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.

• something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock
• abstractly, acquisition

1) cattle, livestock
1a) cattle, livestock
1a1) in general of a purchasable domestic animal
1b) cows, sheep, goats (in herds and flocks)

See Greek: κτῆνος · ὕπαρξις · ὑπάρχω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִקְנֶה‎₇₆ noun masculine^{Exod 10:26} cattle; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 46:32 +; construct ‎מִקְנֵה‎ Gen 13:7 +; suffix ‎מִקְנֵהוּ‎ Gen 3:18 +, ‎מִקְנֶיךָ‎ Isa 30:23 (Ges^{«GKC:93»§ 93}, 88), etc.; plural suffix (but see Kö^{ii. 112 f.}) ‎מִקְנַי‎ Exod 17:3 +, ‎מִקְנֵיכֶם‎ Gen 47:16 +, etc.; —

1. cattle in general, including cows, sheep, horses, asses, camels (any or all of them), as purchasable domestic animals, Gen 47:16 (twice in verse); Gen 47:17 (twice in verse); Exod 9:3 + (J), Exod 10:26 (E), Deut 3:19 (not in P), Job 1:3; Ps 78:48; Jer 9:9*; 1Chr 5:21+; so probably ‎ישֵׁב אֹהֶל וּמִקְנֶה‎ Gen 4:20 (J) of nomads, ‎מִקְנֵה הַבְּהֵמָה‎ Gen 47:18 (J).

2. specifically of cows, sheep, and goats in herds and flocks Gen 13:2 (J), Gen 31:9 (E), vGen 31:18; Gen 36:7; Gen 46:6; Num 32:1 (all P), Isa 30:23 +; ‎׳‎‎רֹעֵי מ‎ Gen 46:32; Gen 46:34 (J), ‎׳‎‎שָׂרֵי מ‎ Gen 47:6 (P), compare 1Chr 28:1 ‎׳‎‎רֹקעי מ‎ Gen 13:7 (twice in verse) (J); distinguished from ‎בְּהֵמָה‎ Num 31:9 (P), Num 32:26; 2Kgs 3:17 from ‎קנין‎ Josh 14:4 (P) Ezek 38:12; Ezek 38:13 from both Gen 34:23; Gen 36:6 (P); ‎צאן ונקר‎ ‎׳‎‎מָ‎ 2Chr 32:29 ‎בקר וצאן‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Eccl 2:7 ‎בקר‎ ‎׳‎‎צאן ומ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 26:14; Gen 47:17 (J); sheep only Gen 29:7 (J) Num 32:16 (E). — ‎מִקְנֵה‎ ‎הַשָּׂדֶה‎ Gen 49:32 (P) read ‎מִקְנַת‎; ‎מִקְנֶה אַף על עוֺלֶךְ‎ Job 36:33 read ‎מַקְנֶה‎ (Hiph`ilParticiple), or ‎מְקַנֶּךְ‎ (Pi`elParticiple) metal. from ‎קנא‎, Hi Bö Di Du; 1Sam 30:20 del ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎ ᵐ5 We Dr and others, see especially HPS.

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