Meaning of קינא | Babel Free
/kiˈne/הגדרות
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to envy construction-pi'el
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to be jealous construction-pi'el
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to be zealous or fervent for someone or something construction-pi'el
דוגמאות
“וַתֵּרֶא רָחֵל כִּי לֹא יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב וַתְּקַנֵּא רָחֵל בַּאֲחֹתָהּ”
Rachel saw that she hadn't borne [children] to Jacob and envied her sister.
“וַיְהִי־לוֹ מִקְנֵה־צֹאן וּמִקְנֵה בָקָר וַעֲבֻדָּה רַבָּה וַיְקַנְאוּ אֹתוֹ פְּלִשְׁתִּים׃”
He owned herds of sheep and goats, and herds of cattle, and also many slaves and servants, so that the Philistines envied him.
“וְעָבַר עָלָיו רוּחַ־קִנְאָה וְקִנֵּא אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְהִוא נִטְמָאָה”
And a fit of jealousy has come over him and he became jealous of his wife because she had defiled herself [by committing adultery];
“וְהָיְתָה לּוֹ וּלְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָיו בְּרִית כְּהֻנַּת עוֹלָם תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר קִנֵּא לֵאלֹהָיו וַיְכַפֵּר עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃”
It will be for him and his seed after him an eternal covenant of priesthood because he was zealous for his God, so that he obtained exoneration for the children of Israel.
“וַיִּקְרָא הַמֶּלֶךְ לַגִּבְעֹנִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם וְהַגִּבְעֹנִים לֹא מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵמָּה כִּי אִם־מִיֶּתֶר הָאֱמֹרִי וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נִשְׁבְּעוּ לָהֶם וַיְבַקֵּשׁ שָׁאוּל לְהַכֹּתָם בְּקַנֹּאתוֹ לִבְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוּדָה׃”
The king summoned the Gibeonites and talked to them. Now the Gibeonites are not from the children of Israel but from the the remnant of the Amorites, and the children of Israel sworn to them, but Saul tried to smite them in his being fervent about the children of Israel and Judah.
רמת CEFR
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.