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qēnī קֵינִי ‘Kenite’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: patronymic from qayin קַ֫יִן ‘Kenite / Cain’
Roots: קין

qēnī pr n m pers gen
Kenite = "smiths"
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

Mentioned in Genesis 15:19 Numbers 24:21 Judges 4:11, 4:17, 5:24, 1:16 1 Samuel 27:10, 15:6, 30:29 1 Chronicles 2:55

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