קינא

עברית

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קינא

/kiˈne/ Modern Israeli

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Related to Arabic قَنَأَ (qanaʔa, “to become red”), as feelings of anger or envy are associated with being expressed by a reddening of the face. In a more positive sense, jealousy is seen as being concerned or eager for someone or something, out of which springs the third meaning of this word; for a parallel development see Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “jealousy; zeal, passion”), whence also English zeal originates.

verb קִנֵּא · kiné · לְקַנֵּא · קינוא · קִנּוּא · קינאתי

construction pi'el to envy וַתֵּרֶא רָחֵל כִּי לֹא יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב וַתְּקַנֵּא רָחֵל בַּאֲחֹתָהּ
construction pi'el to be jealous וְעָבַר עָלָיו רוּחַ־קִנְאָה וְקִנֵּא אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ וְהִוא נִטְמָאָה
construction pi'el to be zealous or fervent for someone or something וְהָיְתָה לּוֹ וּלְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָיו בְּרִית כְּהֻנַּת עוֹלָם תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר קִנֵּא לֵאלֹהָיו וַיְכַפֵּר עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {קינא},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%90},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}