Reed Cane Plant

קָנֶה62 n.m. Gn 41:5 stalk, reed;—abs. ק׳ 1 K 14:15 +; cstr. קְנֵה Ez 40:3 +; sf. קָנָהּ Ex 25:31; 37:17 = קָנָהֿ (Ges§ 91 e) Jb 31:22; pl. קָנִים Ex 25:32 +; cstr. קְנֵי 37:18 +; sf. קְנֹתָם 25:36; 37:22;— †1. stalk of grain Gn 41:5, 22 (E). †2. water-plant, reed, 1 K 14:15; Is 19:6 (+ סוּף), 35:7 (+ גֹּמֶא); coll., חַיַּת ק׳ ψ 68:31 beasts of (the) reeds (dwelling among them), cf. בְּסֵתֶר ק׳ וּבִצָּה Jb 40:21; מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקּ׳ הָרָצוּץ 2 K 18:21 = Is 36:6, מִשׁ׳ ק׳ Ez 29:6, all fig. of weak support; cf. ק׳ רָצוּץ Is 42:3 (spared by עבד י׳) †3. calamus, aromatic reed, ק׳ הַטּוֹב Je 6:20 (Ges§ 126 w), ק׳־בֹשֶׁם Ex 30:23 (P); ק׳ alone Ez 27:19; Is 43:24; Ct 4:14. 4. derived meanings: †a. measuring-rod, קְנֵה הַמִּדָּה Ez 40:3, 5 (6 cubits long, v. אַמָּה) 42:16(×2), 17, 18, 19. b. unit of measure, reed (of 6 cubits, as Assyrian ḳanû) Ez 40:5(×2) + 10 times 40, 42, + מְלוֹ הַקּ׳ 41:8 full reed (emphat.). †c. beam of scales, for scales themselves Is 46:6. †d. shaft of lamp-stand Ex 25:31 = 37:17 (P). e. branches thereof, Ex 25:32(×3) = 37:18(×3) + 16 times 25, 37 (all P). †f. shoulder-joint, Jb 31:22 (‖ שְׁכֶם).

κάλᾰμος [κᾰ], ὁ, reed, used for thatching or wattling, Refs 5th c.BC+; various species, κ. εὐώδης, ἀρωματικός, sweet flag, Acorus Calamus, Refs 4th c.BC+; κ. αὐλητικός pole-reed, Arundo Donax, Refs 4th c.BC+; κ. εἰλετίας marram, Ammophila arundinacea, Refs; κ. ἐπίγειος bush-grass, Calamagrostis epigeios, Refs; κ. Ἰνδικός bamboo, Bambusa arundinacea, Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. Ἰνδικὸς ὁ ἄρρην male bamboo, Dendrocalamus strictus, Refs 4th c.BC+; κ. κύπριος, ={δόναξ}, Refs 3rd c.BC+; κ. πλόκιμος spear-grass, Phragmites communis, Refs 4th c.BC+; κ. Χαρακίας, Arundo Donax, Refs __II applied to various uses, __II.1 reed-pipe, flute, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 fishing-rod, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.3 limed twig used by fowlers, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.4 shaft of an arrow, Refs 1st c.BC+; made of κ. τοξικός, or Κρητικός, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.5 reed-pen, LXX+NT+1st c.BC+; κ. γραφεῖς Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.6 measuring-rod, NT+2nd c.AD+; = 5 πήχεις, Refs 2nd c.BC+ “*Geometry texts” 4.11; = 6 2/3 πήχεις, Refs __II.7 in Medicine texts, tube for insufflation, Refs 3rd c.BC+; also, splint, Refs 6th c.AD+in Hp.Fract.Refs __II.8 ornament of female dress, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II.9 stake to which vines were tied, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III collectively, __III.1 reed, i.e. reeds, Refs 4th c.BC+, etc.: in plural, reed-beds, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __III.2 of plants, which are neither shrub nor bush (ὕλη), nor tree (δένδρον), Refs 5th c.BC+ __III.3 mat of reeds, Refs 5th c.BC+; roof of reeds Refs 5th c.AD+ __IV ={καλάμη}, stalk of wheat, Refs 5th c.BC+ __V ὁ κ. τοῦ σκέλους the shinbone, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __VI ticket for obtaining corn-rations, = tessera frumentaria, Refs (Cf. Latin culmus, OHG. halm, etc.)