כנען

See also: כּנען

Hebrew

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested to be from a West Semitic root from the base verb *kanaʕ- (“to be low, humble, subjugated”), Hebrew כָּנַע (kānaʕ), Aramaic כְּנַע (kənaʕ, “to bend, to kneel”), Arabic قَنَعَ (qanaʕa, “to beg”), Ge'ez አቅንዐ (ʾäḳnəʿä, “to arrange”), which could have been used in contrast with אֲרַם (“Aram”) with the latter derived from a word for highlands.[1][2] Compare Phoenician 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 (knʿn), Arabic كَنْعَانُ (kanʕānu).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

כְּנַעַן • (k'ná'an) m

  1. (biblical) Canaan (a grandson of Noah)
  2. (biblical) Canaan, the land inhabited by Canaan: the Land of Canaan.
  3. (Medieval Hebrew) the Slavs; Slavic lands

Coordinate terms

(sense 3)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Gesenius, Wilhelm (1833) Hebrew Lexicon
  2. ^ Tristram, Henry Baker (1884) Bible Places: Or, The Topography of the Holy Land, page 336

Further reading

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