H7070. qaneh

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

1 stalk of grain Gen 41:5, 22 (E).

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

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

4 derived meanings :

a. measuring-rod, הַמִּדָּה קְנֵח‎ Ezek 40:3, 5 (6 cubits long, see אַמָּה‎) 42:16 (twice in verse); 42:17-18, 19.

b. unit of measure, reed (of 6 cubits, as Assyrian ‡anû) Ezek 40:5 (twice in verse) + 10 t. 40, 42, + הַקּ ׳מְלוֺ‎ 41:8 full reed (emphatic).

c.. beam of scales, for scales themselves Isa 46:6.

d. shaft of lamp-stand Exod 25:31=37:17 (P).

e. branches thereof, Exod 25:32 (3 t. in verse) = 37:18 (3 t. in verse) +16 t. 25, 37 (all P).

f. shoulder-joint, Job 31:22(|| שְׁכָם‎).