UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: קֵן

Sense 1: to build a nest

Semantic domains: Exist (002002002005)

Core domains: Animal (010); Construction (045)

Definition: = causative action by which birds build a nest; ◄ with the help of twigs, straw, grass and other materials, ► as a place where they can lay their eggs and shelter their young; ≈ associated with security

Forms: vbpiel; vPP (passive)

Valencies: v

PSA 104:17: RV PSA 104:17 · LV PSA 104:17 · Read together PSA 104:17

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OET-RV PSA 104:17

17 where the birds make their nests.
⇔ The storks make the cypress trees their homes.

OET-LV PSA 104:17

17 Where there birds they _make _nests the_stork is_fir _trees home _of_its.

ISA 34:15: RV ISA 34:15 · LV ISA 34:15 · Read together ISA 34:15

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OET-RV ISA 34:15

15 Owls will nest and lay eggs there,
⇔ and hatch and brood the chicks in its shade.
⇔ Indeed the hawks will gather there with their mates.

OET-LV ISA 34:15

15 There_(to) arrow _snake[s] it _will _make _a _nest and_it _laid _eggs and_it _will _hatch and_it _will _gather _a _brood in_shadow _of_its surely there red _kites they _will _be _gathered each companion _of_its.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

PSA: RV PSA 104:17 · LV PSA 104:17 · Read together PSA 104:17

ISA: RV ISA 34:15 · LV ISA 34:15 · Read together ISA 34:15

JER: RV JER 22:23 · RV JER 48:28 · LV JER 22:23 · LV JER 48:28 · Read together JER 22:23 · Read together JER 48:28

EZE: RV EZE 31:6 · LV EZE 31:6 · Read together EZE 31:6

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קנן

Form 1

Sense 1: to build a nest