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qēn קֵן ‘nest’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: contracted from qinnēn קִנֵּן ‘to make a nest’
Roots: קנן

qēn n, m
1) nest
 1a) nest (of bird)
 1b) cells (like nests in Noah's ark)

Mentioned in Genesis 6:14 Numbers 24:21 Deuteronomy 32:11, 22:6 Isaiah 10:14, 16:2 Jeremiah 49:16 Obadiah 1:4 Habakkuk 2:9 Psalms 84:4 Proverbs 27:8 Job 39:27, 29:18

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