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קֶן‏ n.f. nest

nest Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. 4Q541 3.1:5 : ٠٠٠ חכ]מה יאתה לעליכה די נסיבת קנה ועופא‏ . TgO Deut22:6 : אֲרֵי תְעָרַע קִינָא דְצִיפְרָא קְדָמָך בְאוֹרחָא‏ . TN Deut32:11 : כנשרה דמעורר קנה על גוזלוי‏ like the vulture that rouses up its nest against its chicks. TgProv27:8 : היך ציפרא דמשניא מן קינה‏ like a bird driven from its nest †. bee hive JLAtg. TgJ Jud14:8 : וְהָא קִנָא דְדַברַיָתָא בְפִגרָא דְאַריָא‏ here was a bee hive in the lion's carcass.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 496b; DJBA: 1013b; Jastrow: 1387; Levy Ch-W: 2:370; Tal Sam: 783b; Cook,Qumran: 210;

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Derivatives:

qynh, qyntˀ n.f. #2 nest

qnn vb. to build a nest