H7016 H7016
Kinah, a town in southern Judah near the Edomite border
A place name in Judah's southern Negev region. Joshua 15:22 lists Kinah among the cities allotted to Judah's southernmost district, near the Edomite boundary. The name possibly means 'dirge' or 'lamentation,' though geographical names' etymologies are often obscure. Some scholars associate it with the Kenites (Qayin), a semi-nomadic group allied with Judah. The site's exact location remains unidentified, though it lay in the arid southern frontier zone.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A settlement in Judah's southern territories listed in Joshua 15:22 among the Negev cities. The waw-prefixed form ('and Kinah') embeds it in a series of southern towns. Translations preserve the name with phonetic variations (Spanish Quiná). The name's possible connection to 'lament' or to the Kenite clan suggests either commemorative naming or ethnic association. Its placement in the southernmost Judean district indicates frontier settlement patterns where clan-based groups maintained presence in marginal, contested zones between Judah and Edom. 1×
AR["وَ-قينةُ"]·ben["এবং-কীনা"]·DE["und-Kinah"]·EN["and-Kinah"]·FR["et-Kinah"]·heb["ו-קינה"]·HI["और-कीना"]·ID["dan-Kina"]·IT["e-Kinah"]·jav["lan-Kina"]·KO["그리고-기나"]·PT["e-Qinah"]·RU["И-Кина"]·ES["y-Quiná"]·SW["na-Kina"]·TR["ve-Kina"]·urd["اور-قینہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. קִינָה n.pr.loc. in S. Judah (a settlement of ii. קַיִן 1?), Jos 15:22, Ικαμ, A 𝔊L Κ(ε)ινα.