Lexical Definition

‎קֵן‎ qên (kane) nest ^H:N-M
contracted from ‎קָנַן‎

nest, room.

• a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings
• figuratively, a chamber or dwelling

1) nest
1a) nest (of bird)
1b) cells (like nests in Noah's ark)

See Greek: νεοσσός · νοσσιά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קֵן‎ noun masculine^{Deut 22:6} nest; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Isa 10:14 +; construct ‎קַןֿ‎ Deut 22:6 suffix ‎קִנּוֺ‎ Deut 32:11+, etc.; plural ‎קִנִּים‎ Gen 6:14 —

1. nest, of bird Deut 22:6; Job 39:27 in sim Isa 10:14; Prov 27:8, of nestlings Deut 32:11; Isa 16:2 (‎קֵן מְשֻׁלָּח֑‎), perhaps also ‎עִםקִֿנִּי‎ Job 29:18, but difficult, Che^{JQ July, 1897, 578} proposes ‎זָקֵן‎ or ‎בִּוִקֻנַי‎ (compare ᵐ5); nest on high, of rock-dwellings Num 24:21 (JE) Jer 49:16; Obad 1:4 figurative of Chaldeans' secure abode Hab 2:9 temple as secure home for Israel Ps 84:4* (figurative of swallow).

2. cells, like nests, in Noah's ark Gen 6:14 (P; read probably ‎קִנִּים קִנִּים‎, so Lag Ol Bu^Urg.255 Di Holz Gunk).

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