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Proverbs 16:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7069 is it to get קנה

H2451 wisdom חכמה

H4100 How much מה

H2896 better טוב

H2742 מחרוץ

H7069 and to get וקנות

H998 understanding בינה

H977 rather to be chosen נבחר

H3701 מכסף׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H4480 silver

than

H977 chosen

rather

H998 understanding

H7069 get

and

H4480 gold

than

H2451 wisdom

H7069 get

H2896 better

H4100 much

How

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H7069

Hebrew: קָנָה

Transliteration: qânâh

Pronunciation: kaw-naw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {attain} buy ({-er}) teach to keep {cattle} {get} provoke to {jealousy} possess ({-or}) {purchase} {recover} {redeem} X-(idiom) {surely} X-(idiom) verily.

Definition:

to {erect} that {is} create; by extension to {procure} especially by purchase (causatively sell); by implication to own

1. to get, acquire, create, buy, possess

a. (Qal)

1. to get, acquire, obtain 1a

b. of God originating, creating, redeeming His people 1a

1. possessor 1a

c. of Eve acquiring 1a

d. of acquiring knowledge, wisdom

1. to buy

e. (Niphal) to be bought

f. (Hiphil) to cause to possess

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906