קַיִן

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H7014

Transliteration: Qayin

Pronunciation: kah'-yin

Definition: Cain

Original: קין

Transliteration: qayin

Phonetic: kah'-yin

BDB Definition:

Kenite = "smiths"

eldest son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer having murdered his brother Abel (noun proper masculine)
the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai (noun proper gentilic)

Origin: the same as H7013" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7013 (with a play upon the affinity to H7069" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7069)

TWOT entry: 2017,2016