קן

קֵןc. (b. h.; קָנַן) 1) nest; birds in a nest. Ḥull.XII, 1, a. fr. שילוח הקן the duty of letting the mother bird go when a nest is taken out (Deut. 22:6 sq.). Gen. R. s. 19 אש יוצאה מקִינֹּו fire goes forth from its nest and burns it (the phœnix, v. חֹול II); Midr. Sam. ch. XII; Yalk. Job 917 מקִנֹּו. Ex. R. s. 20 מצאו להם קן they (the Israelites) found a nest for themselves (with ref. to Ps. 84:4); a. fr. 2) (fem.) the couple of sacrificial birds (Lev. 12:8; 14:30; a. e.). Ḳinnim II, 1 קן סתומה a couple of birds concerning which it has not yet been decided which is to be the burnt offering, and which the sin offering; ib. 4 קן מפורשת which has been decided upon; a. fr.Pl. קִנִּים, קִנִּין, קִי׳. Ker.28a אין הק׳ מתפרשותוכ׳ the special designation of the couples is made either by the owner or by the priests action. Ned.IV, 3 קִינֵּי זבין the bird sacrifices of those cured from gonorrhœa; ק׳ יולדות those of women after confinement; a. fr.Ḳinnim, Ḳinnin, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the Order of Ḳodashim. 3) cavity, chamber.Pl. as ab. Lev. R. s. 14, v. כִּינָּה, a. כֹּונָנִית. Koh. R. to I, 9 שלא נבראו בי ק׳וכ׳ because no chambers (for the reception of prophecy) were created within me until now ; (Ex. R. s. 28 לא נתנה לו רשות להתנבאות no permission to prophesy had been given him).