קני

קְנֵי, קְנָאI ch., v. infra. Pa. קַנֵּי 1) to be zealous for; to be jealous; to suspect of unfaithfulness. Targ. Num. 11:29. Ib. 25:11. Targ. Gen. 30:1. Targ. Num. 5:14; a. fr. 2) to make jealous. Targ. II Esth. 2:19 קַנְּאָהּוכ׳ (ed. קָנְאָה, ed. Vien. קָנְאָתָהּ) make her jealous by marrying other wives. 3) to warn ones wife. Sot.2b זמנין דלא ק׳ ואמר קַנָּאִי it may happen that he did not warn her and yet he may declare, I did warn her. Ib. וכ״ע ידעי דק׳ לה and all will know that he did warn her; a. fr. Af. אַקְנֵי to make jealous; to provoke. Targ. Ps. 78:58. Targ. 1 Sam. 1:6, v. אַקְנָיוּתָא. Targ. Deut. 32:16 (Y. I קְנוֹן, read: קַנּוֹן). Ib. 21; a. e. Ithpe. אִיקְּנֵי, אִקְּ׳ to be jealous, incensed. Meg.16a אי׳ בה … א׳ ביוכ׳ he (Haman) had a grudge against Vashti and put her to death, and now he has a grudge against me Ib. 13a דמִיקְּנֵי ביה המן against whom Haman was enraged. Ib. 19a מה … דאי׳וכ׳ what reason had Mordecai to be hostile to Haman?; a. e.