qayin קַ֫יִן ‘^AKenite, ^BCain’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: the same as qayin קַ֫יִן ‘spear’ (with a play upon the affinity to qānā קָנָה ‘to buy’)
Roots: קין קנה
Variants: קַ֫יִן, קַ֫יִן

qayin ^Apr n m pers gen ^Bpr n m pers
AKenite = "smiths"
n pr gent
1) the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai
BCain = "possession"
n pr m
1) eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother