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yoqnᵊʿām יׇקְנְעָם ‘Jokneam’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from qīnēn קִינֵן ‘to chant’ and ʿam עַם ‘people / kinsman’
Roots: קון עם

yoqnᵊʿām pr n loc
Jokneam = "the people lament"
1) a city of Canaan conquered by Joshua and in the territory of Zebulun but allotted to the Merarite Levites and located Mount Carmel

Mentioned in Joshua 12:22, 19:11, 21:34

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