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קְנֵי קַנְיָה‏ n.m./f. reed

reed Com. 4QEn^c2.4.11202 : ٠٠٠٠] קניא טביא די בשמא‏ . TgJ Jer6:20 : לְבוֹנְתָא דְמִשְבָ תֵיתֵי וֻקנֵי טוּבָ אמֵאֲרַ רַחִיקָא‏ frankincense that comes from Sheba and the sweet reed from a distant land. ܕܒܸܣܡܵܐ‏ : sweet calamus JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA. TgO Ex30:23 : וֻקנֵי בוּסמָא‏ . TN Ex30:23 : וקנה דבשם‏ . TgSong4:14 : רשק ומוריקא וקני בוסמא וקנמון‏ sweet resin, safflower, sweet calamus, and cinammon. staff: a measuring unit of length 6 or 7 cubits Qumran, JLAtg, Syr, JBAg. QumNJ 5:1:1:5 and passim in this text : ٠٠٠] קנין תש[ע]ה ואמין א[ר]^ב^ע לשוק חד‏ nine staffs and four cubits for one street. TgJ Ez40:5 : וֻביַד גֻברָא קְנֵי מִשחֲתָא דְחַד מִנְהוֹן שֵית אַמִין בְאַמַיָא‏ in the man's hand a measuring rod each of which is six cubits . elbow, cubit Syr, LJLA. TgJob31:22 : ואדרעי מן קנה תתבר‏ . branch of candelabrum [Hebraism] JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. TgO Ex25:32 . TN Ex25:31 : בסי{ם}<ס>/בסיס/ דידה וקניה‏ its base and its branches. PJ Ex25:32 .

Note that in the Biblical text the "staff" is explicitly 6 cubits while at Qumran it is 7.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 496b; DJBA: 1028b; Jastrow: 1392; Levy Ch-W: 2:371; Tal Sam: 786; Cook,Qumran: 210;

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