קָנָא
qa.na (H7065)
be jealous
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "qa.na" (H7065) is defined as "be jealous."This emotion can manifest in various contexts, suggesting a range of usage that encompasses both positive and negative connotations. On one hand, it can imply a strong sense of possessiveness or rivalry, potentially leading to destructive behavior. On the other hand, it can also connote a passionate devotion or fervent advocacy for a particular cause or person. The word "qa.na" appears 34 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in the Hebrew narrative. Its frequency suggests that jealousy is a complex and multifaceted emotion that plays a crucial role in human relationships, from romantic partnerships to national identity. By examining the various contexts in which "qa.na" is used, we can gain a deeper understanding of its nuances and the ways in which it shapes human experience.
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He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”
and the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife and she is defiled; or if the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he is jealous of his wife and she isn’t defiled;
or when the spirit of jealousy comes on a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then he shall set the woman before Yahweh, and the priest shall execute on her all this law.
Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh’s people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!”
“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
It shall be to him, and to his offspring after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”
They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the children of Israel had sworn to them; and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
Judah did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done.
He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness.
For I was envious of the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron, Yahweh’s saint.
Don’t envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;
The envy also of Ephraim will depart, and those who persecute Judah will be cut off. Ephraim won’t envy Judah, and Judah won’t persecute Ephraim.
He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and the sky, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the gate of the inner court that looks toward the north; where there was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.
I made it beautiful by the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied it.’
“Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Now I will reverse the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel. I will be jealous for my holy name.
Then Yahweh was jealous for his land, And had pity on his people.
So the angel who talked with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
Yahweh of Armies says: “I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath.”