- כני
- כניPa. כַּנֵּי ch. same. Targ. Y. Gen. 4:26.Shebu.36a לא מְכַנִּינָן we must not modify the (Biblical) expression (to avoid cacophemism).Bets.33b מכניא, read: מכניף, v. כְּנַף I. Ithpa. אִתְכַּנֵּי, Ithpe. אִתְכְּנֵי 1) to be surnamed. Targ. Is. 1:4. 2) to associate ones self (v. כַּנְהָא). Targ. Ez. 29:7 באִתְכְּנָיוּתְהוֹןוכ׳ when they form an alliance with thee (h. text בתפשם; Kimḥi quotes a Var. באתכנעותהון, v. כְּנַע).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
