מִקְנֶה
miq.neh (H4735)
livestock
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "מִקְנֶה" (miqneh) Strong's number H4735, is defined as "livestock." This term encompasses a broad range of domesticated animals, including cattle, sheep, and goats. The semantic domain of "Death & Life" suggests that this word may be associated with themes of sacrifice, provision, and sustenance. The word "מִקְנֶה" appears 76 times in the Bible, indicating its significance but also its relatively common usage. It is often used in conjunction with other words to describe the economic and social aspects of ancient Israelite life, such as the tithes and offerings to God. The frequency of its occurrence also suggests that livestock played a crucial role in the daily lives of the Israelites. The significance of "מִקְנֶה" lies in its representation of the provision and sustenance that God provides for his people. As a symbol of livestock, it represents the basic necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter. In this sense, the word "מִקְנֶה" serves as a reminder of God's care and provision for his people, and its repetition throughout the Bible underscores its importance in Israelite culture and spirituality.
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Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.
There was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites lived in the land at that time.
He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
He said, “Behold, it is still the middle of the day, not time to gather the livestock together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them.”
Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
Thus God has taken away your father’s livestock, and given them to me.
and he took away all his livestock, and all his possessions which he had gathered, including the livestock which he had gained in Paddan Aram, to go to Isaac his father, to the land of Canaan.
Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.
Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let’s give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”
Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
For their substance was too great for them to dwell together, and the land of their travels couldn’t bear them because of their livestock.
They took their livestock, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt—Jacob, and all his offspring with him,
These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
that you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:’ that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.”
The land of Egypt is before you. Make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them dwell in the land of Goshen. If you know any able men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock.”
Joseph said, “Give me your livestock; and I will give you food for your livestock, if your money is gone.”
They brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their livestock for that year.
When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, “We will not hide from my lord how our money is all spent, and the herds of livestock are my lord’s. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands.
the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.”
behold, Yahweh’s hand is on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.
Yahweh will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the children of Israel.” ’ ”
Yahweh did that thing on the next day; and all the livestock of Egypt died, but of the livestock of the children of Israel, not one died.
Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he didn’t let the people go.
Now therefore command that all of your livestock and all that you have in the field be brought into shelter. The hail will come down on every man and animal that is found in the field, and isn’t brought home, and they will die.” ’ ”
Those who feared Yahweh’s word among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses.
Whoever didn’t respect Yahweh’s word left his servants and his livestock in the field.
Our livestock also shall go with us. Not a hoof shall be left behind, for of it we must take to serve Yahweh our God; and we don’t know with what we must serve Yahweh, until we come there.”
A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much livestock.
The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”
“All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.”
The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock.
the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”
They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones;
Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
But your wives, and your little ones, and your livestock, (I know that you have much livestock), shall live in your cities which I have given you,
Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall live in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them
For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. They gave no portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to dwell in, with their pasture lands for their livestock and for their property.
and spoke to them, saying, “Return with much wealth to your tents, with very much livestock, with silver, with gold, with bronze, with iron, and with very much clothing. Divide the plunder of your enemies with your brothers.”
For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, the livestock, and the goods before them.
David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”
For Yahweh says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your other animals.
and he lived eastward even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
They took away their livestock; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock.
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