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כָּנַשׁ kânash — to assemble

pronounced kaw-nash' · Strong's H3673 · 3 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 2 stems: Hithpa'al, Pe'al

Translated in the KJV as gather together.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H3664; to assemble.

kânash in each stem

Hithpa'al

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Participle (active) 2

מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁ֡ין Dan 3:3 Participle (active), masculine plural

Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. (KJV)

וּ֠מִֽתְכַּנְּשִׁין Dan 3:27 Participle (active), masculine plural

And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. (KJV)

Pe'al

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Infinitive construct 1

לְמִכְנַ֣שׁ Dan 3:2 Infinitive construct

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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