Lexical Definition

‎קָנֶה‎ qâneh (kaw-neh') branch ^H:N-M
from ‎קָנָה‎

balance, bone, branch, calamus, cane, reed, [idiom] spearman, stalk.

• a reed (as erect)
• by resemblance a rod (especially for measuring), shaft, tube, stem, the radius (of the arm), beam (of a steelyard)

1) reed, stalk, bone, balances
1a) stalk
1b) water-plant, reed
1c) calamus (aromatic reed)
1d) derived meanings
1d1) measuring-rod
1d2) reed (as unit of measure-6 cubits)
1d3) beam (of scales-for scales themselves)
1d4) shaft (of lampstand)
1d5) branches (of lampstand)
1d6) shoulder-joint

See Greek: ζυγός · θυμίαμα · κάλαμος · κανών · πῆχυς

Extended Information

meaning of: קָנֶה

• : calamus

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קָנֶה‎₆₂ noun masculine^{Gen 41:5} stalk, reed; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ 1Kgs 14:5 +; construct ‎קְנֵה‎ Ezek 40:3 +; suffix ‎קָנָהּ‎ Exod 25:31; Exod 37:17 = ‎קָנָהֿ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:91e»§ 91e}) Job 31:22 plural ‎קָנִים‎ Exod 25:32 +; construct ‎קְנֵי‎ Exod 37:18 +; suffix‎קְנֹתָם‎ Exod 25:36; Exod 37:22 —
l. stalk of grain Gen 41:5; Gen 41:22 (E).

2. water-plant, reed, 1Kgs 14:15; Isa 19:6 ( + ‎סוּף‎), Isa 35:7 (+ ‎גֹּמֶא‎); collective, ‎׳‎‎חַיַת ק‎ Ps 68:31* beasts of (the) reeds (dwelling among them), compare ‎וּבִצָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּסֵתֶר ק‎ Job 40:21 ‎הָרָצוּץ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקּ‎ 2Kgs 18:21=Isa 36:6, ‎׳‎‎ק‎ ‎׳‎‎מִשׁ‎ Ezek 29:6, all figurative of weak support; compare ‎רָצוּץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Isa 42:3 (spared by ‎׳‎‎עבד י‎).

3. calamus, aromatic reed, ‎הַטּוֺב‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Jer 6:20 (Ges §126 w), ‎בֿשֶֹׁם‎‎׳‎‎ק‎, Exod 30:23(P); ‎׳‎‎ק‎ alone Ezek 27:19; Isa 43:24 ct Isa 4:14.

4. derived meanings :
a. measuring-rod, ‎קְנֵח הַמִּדָּה‎ Ezek 40:3; Ezek 40:5 (6 cubits long, see ‎אַמָּה‎) Ezek 42:16 (twice in verse); Ezek 42:17; Ezek 42:18; Ezek 42:19.
b. unit of measure, reed (of 6 cubits, as Assyrian ‡anû) Ezek 40:5 (twice in verse) + 10 t. 40,42, + ‎׳‎‎מְלוֺ הַקּ‎ Ezek 41:8 full reed (emphatic).
c.. beam of scales, for scales themselves Isa 46:6.
d. shaft of lamp-stand Exod 25:31=Exod 37:17 (P).
e. branches thereof, Exod 25:32 (3 t. in verse) = Exod 37:18 (3 t. in verse) +16 t. 25, 37 (all P). feminine shoulder-joint, Job 31:22(|| ‎שְׁכָם‎).

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