קִנֵּן

qa.nanto make a nestHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb5 occurrences4 books5 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to erect; but used only as denominative from H7064; to nestle, i.e. build or occupy as a nest
Traditional renderings: make...nest.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5 total
  1. Psalm 104:17יְקַנֵּ֑נוּ · build their nests
    …where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.
  2. Isaiah 34:15קִנְּנָ֤ה · make her nest
    There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
  3. Jeremiah 22:23מְקֻנַּנְתִּי · nestled
    O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
  4. Jeremiah 48:28תְּקַנֵּ֖ן · that nests
    Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
  5. Ezekiel 31:6קִֽנְנוּ֙ · nested
    All the birds of the air nested in its branches, and all the beasts of the field gave birth beneath its boughs; all the great nations lived in its shade.