† I. [
כּוּן]
218 verb probably
be firm, only in derived conjugation (Late Hebrew Aramaic
כּוּן, in derived conjugation,
כִּיוֵּן arrange, direct;
put right, correct; Assyrian
kânu,
be firm,
right Dl
HWB 321; Arabic
(medial
)
exist, occur, be; so Ethiopic
Sabean
כון DHM
ZMG 1875, 599, Phoenician כון be (often)); —
Niph. Perfect (on
3rd person masculine singular see
Participle below),
3rd person feminine singular נָכּ֫וֺנָה 1 Kings 2:46;
3rd person plural נָכ֫וֺנוּ Proverbs 19:29;
נָכֹּ֫נוּ Ezekiel 16:7;
Imperfect יִכּוֺן Proverbs 12:3 +;
3rd person feminine singular תִּכּוֺן Jeremiah 30:20 +;
וַתִּכֹּן 1 Kings 2:12;
2 Chronicles 8:16, etc.;
Imperative הִכּוֺן Amos 4:12;
הִכֹּן Ezekiel 38:7; plural
הכונוּ 2 Chronicles 35:4 Kt (Qr
הָכִינוּ Hiph.);
Participle נָכוֺן Genesis 41:32 + (in
Psalm 93:2 and perhaps elsewhere the
Perfect would be possibly); construct
נְכוֺן Proverbs 4:18; feminine
נְכוֺנָה Psalm 5:10 +
2 times; plural
נְכֹנִים Exodus 19:11 +
2 times; passive or neuter, and (less often) reflexive: —
1. be set up, established, fixed:
a. literally, of house upon (
עַל) pillars
Judges 16:26,
29, so, in metaphor, of temple-mount, followed by
בְּראֹשׁ Isaiah 2:2 =
Micah 4:1;
be firm, of breasts at puberty
Ezekiel 16:7;
firmly established, of
תֵּבֵל Psalm 93:1 =
Psalm 96:10 =
1 Chronicles 16:30;
firm, i.e. a strong support, of
י׳'s hand
יָ דִי תִּכּוֺן עִמּוֺ Psalm 89:22 (||
זְרוֺעִי תְאַמְּצֶנּוּ).
c. of any persons,
be established, stable, secure, enduring Job 21:8 (with
לִפְנֵי),
Proverbs 12:3, also
Proverbs 12:19 (subject
שְׂפַת אֱמֶת)
Psalm 101:7 (with
לְנֶגֶד עֵינָ֑י), Psalm 102:29 (with
לְפָנֶיךָ),
Psalm 140:12 (with
בָּאָרֶץ); of plans
Proverbs 16:3;
Proverbs 20:18;
נְכוֺן הַיּוֺם Proverbs 4:18 the established, stable, (part)
of the day, i.e. mid-day, when the sun seems motionless in mid-heaven. —
2 Samuel 6:6 see
נָכוֺן proper name below.
Hiph. Perfect הֵכִין Joshua 4:4 +; suffix
הֱכִינַנִי 1 Kings 2:24;
הֱכִינוֺ 2 Samuel 5:12;
1 Chronicles 14:2;
הֱכִינָהּ Job 28:27;
2nd person masculine singular הֲכִינוֺתָ Job 11:13 +;
3rd person plural הֵכִינוּ 1 Chronicles 12:39 +;
וְהֵכִינוּ consecutive
Exodus 16:5;
1st person plural הֲכִינוֺנוּ 1 Chronicles 29:16;
הֵכַנּוּ (Ges
§ 72, R. 6)
2 Chronicles 29:16, etc.;
Imperfect יָכִין Judges 12:6 +;
וַיָּ֫כֶן 1 Chronicles 15:1 +
3 times, etc.;
Imperative הָכֵן Genesis 43:16 +; plural
הָכִינוּ Joshua 1:11 +;
Infinitive absolute הָכֵן Joshua 3:17, so
הָכִין Joshua 4:3 (read
הָכֵין, see Di),
Jeremiah 10:23 (see Gie),
Ezekiel 7:14 (see Sm Co and below; see on all Kö
i. 468);
construct הָכִין Isaiah 9:6 +; suffix
הֲכִינוֺ Nahum 2:4;
Proverbs 8:27;
הֲכִינָהּ Jeremiah 33:2;
Participle מֵכִין Jeremiah 10:12 +
4 times; — (favourite word in Chronicles, in various applications)
1. establish, set up:
d. make firm, only infinitive absolute, as adverb =
firmly הָכֵן Joshua 3:17;
הָכִין Joshua 4:3 (see above)
2.
a. fix, so as to be ready,
make ready, prepare, a gift
Genesis 43:25 (J), place
Exodus 23:20 (JE),
2 Chronicles 3:1; with
לְ of thing
1 Chronicles 15:1,
3, also (object omitted)
1 Chronicles 15:12 (see Be, and Da
Synt. § 144),
2 Chronicles 1:4 (
בַּהֵכִין, see Ges
§ 138. 3. b); often
prepare food, accusative +
לְ person
Joshua 1:11 (D),
Psalm 78:20;
לְ omitted
Proverbs 6:8;
Proverbs 30:25; object omitted
1 Chronicles 12:39;
2 Chronicles 35:14 (twice in verse);
2 Chronicles 35:15; both omitted
Genesis 43:16 (J),
1 Chronicles 9:32;
prepare a road
Deuteronomy 19:3, a sacrifice
Zephaniah 1:7, ambuscades
Jeremiah 51:12, one's work
Proverbs 24:27, materials for (
לְ) temple
1 Chronicles 22:3,
14, also
1 Chronicles 22:14b (no
לְ),
1 Chronicles 29:2,
3; weapons (with
לְ person)
2 Chronicles 26:14 and (hostile purpose)
Psalm 7:14, compare
Psalm 57:7,
Isaiah 14:21 prepare slaughter-place for (
לְ)
his children; store-rooms
2 Chronicles 31:11a, also
2 Chronicles 31:11b (object omitted); gallows (with
לְ person)
Esther 6:4;
Esther 7:10; corn (produce of land)
Psalm 65:10; land
Psalm 65:10, so (=
restore)
Psalm 68:11; with accusative of person
2 Chronicles 35:6; figurative of belly preparing deceit
Job 15:35;
make preparation (for,
לְ of thing)
1 Chronicles 22:5, and
1 Chronicles 22:5 (
לְ omitted); followed by
לִבְנוֺת 1 Chronicles 28:2, with accusative material +
לִבְנוֺת 1 Kings 5:32;
1 Chronicles 29:16; without
לְ,
make ready 1 Samuel 23:22;
Nahum 2:4;
Ezekiel 7:14 (read
הָכִינוּ הָכֵן Co, for
הַכֹּל ה׳ MT) =
make full preparation! make thee ready! Jeremiah 46:14 (
לְ dativus ethicus [dative of interest]),
Ezekiel 28:7 (
id.),
2 Chronicles 35:4.
3. direct one's face towards (
אֶלֿ)
Ezekiel 4:3,
7; in moral and spiritual sense,
direct one's step (
צַעֲדוֺ) =
order aright,
Jeremiah 10:23 (see above),
Proverbs 16:9, so (
מְּעָמַי)
Psalm 119:133;
אֱלֹהָיו הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי י׳ 2 Chronicles 27:6, also (followed by
דרכיו only)
Proverbs 21:29 Kt (Qr
יָבִין);
עַל הַהֵכִין הָאֱלֹהִים לָעָם 2 Chronicles 29:36 that which God had ordered aright for the people (on article = relative pronoun see Ges
§ 138. 3. b); followed by
לֵב Job 11:13;
Psalm 78:8; +
לְ,
לֹא הֵכִין לִבּוֺ לִדְרוֺשׁ אֶתיֿ׳ 2 Chronicles 12:14,
so 2 Chronicles 19:3;
2 Chronicles 30:19; +
לִדְרוֺשׁ אֵתאתּוֺרַת י׳ Ezra 7:10;
הכין לבב אֶלֿ׳ 1 Samuel 7:3 direct the heart towards י׳,
1 Chronicles 29:18 (
י׳ subject), so (with
לֵאלֹהִים)
2 Chronicles 20:33; hence (no object expressed) =
give attention, followed by infinitive
Judges 12:6.
Hoph. Perfect הוּכַן Isaiah 30:33,
וְהוּכַן consecutive
Isaiah 16:5;
Zechariah 5:11;
וְהֻכַֿן Nahum 2:6;
Participle מוּכָן Proverbs 21:31, plural
מוּכָנִים Ezekiel 40:43; —
Po`lēl. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular כּוֺנֵן Psalm 9:8 +
3 times,
וְכוֺנֵן consecutive
Habakkuk 2:12; suffix
כּוֺנְַנָהּ Isaiah 45:18;
2nd person masculine singular כּוֺנַנְתָּ Psalm 99:4;
Psalm 119:90,
כּוֺנָ֑נְתָּה Psalm 8:4, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְכוֺנֵן Isaiah 62:7; suffix
וַיְכֹנְַנֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 32:6,
יְכוֺנְַנֶהָ Psalm 24:2 +, suffix 1st person plural
וַיְכֻנֶנּוּ Job 31:15 (
וַיְכוּנֶּנוּ van d. H);
2nd person masculine singular תְּכוֺנֵן Psalm 7:10;
Psalm 21:13, etc.;
Imperative כּוֺנֵן Job 8:8 (but on text see infra),
כּוֺנְַנָה Psalm 90:17, suffix
כּוֺנְַנֵהוּ Psalm 90:17; — originally
make firm; —
1. set up, establish:
b. of God,
establish, king's throne
2 Samuel 7:13 =
1 Chronicles 17:12, his own throne
Psalm 9:8 (
לְמִשְׁפָּט), sanctuary
Exodus 15:7 (song), a nation
Deuteronomy 32:6 (poem; ||
קנה,
עשׂה), a city
Psalm 48:9;
Psalm 87:5,
תֵּבֵל Psalm 24:2 (with
עַל, ||
יָסַד),
אֶרֶץ Psalm 119:90, compare
Isaiah 45:18, also
Psalm 68:10 (object omitted, read perhaps
אֶרֶץ צִיָּה Bi Che), heavens
Proverbs 3:19 (||
יָסַדאָֿ֑רֶץ), moon and stars
Psalm 8:4; figurative, steps of men
Psalm 40:3, work of men's hands
Psalm 90:17 (twice in verse), justice
Psalm 99:4;
establish, i.e. vindicate and make secure to righteous (
צַדִּיק)
Psalm 7:10.
2. constitute, make, a man (in womb)
Job 31:15 (||
עשׂה), compare
Psalm 119:73 (||
id.); with accusative +
לְ of thing +
לְ person reflexive
2 Samuel 7:24 thou hast made for thyself (
לְךָ), thy people (
אֶתעַֿמְּךָ) Israel for thyself (
לְךָ) into a people (
לְעָם) for ever.
3. fix, so as to be ready, arrow upon (
עַל) string
Psalm 11:2, so (
חֵץ omitted)
Psalm 21:13 (with
עַל־פְּנֵיהֶם), and possibly (
חֵץ omitted)
Isaiah 51:13 (Di Che and others; but dubious, compare Du; verse corrupt according to Che
Intr. Is. 427), a bow
Psalm 7:13.
4. direct (that is
לֵב), followed by
לְחֵקֶר Job 8:8, i.e. give attention to (but no || in Po`l.; read perhaps
בּוֺנֵן, compare
Deuteronomy 32:10, see Ol Di).
Po`lal. Perfect be established: מי׳ מִצְעֲדֵיגֶֿבֶר כּוֺנָ֑נוּ Psalm 37:23 from י׳ are a man's steps established; =
be prepared כּוֺנָנ֑וּ Ezekiel 28:13 but strike out Co Da after A B
and others.
Hithpo`l. Imperfect;
be established, of house,
3rd person masculine singular יִתְכּוֺנָ֑ן Proverbs 24:3 (||
יִבָּנֶה), of nation,
2nd person feminine singular תִּכּוֺנָ֑נִי (Ges
§ 54. 2. b)
Isaiah 54:14;
3rd person feminine singular תִּכּוֺנֵן =
be restored, of city
Numbers 21:27 (J E; ||
תִּבָּנֶה);
set oneself, take one's stand 3rd person masculine plural יִכּוֺנָ֑נוּ Psalm 59:5.
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