כְּנַעַנִי

1. adjective ׳אִישׁ כ 1 Mos 38,2 (J).

2. with article as substantive, a. of individual, ׳מֶלֶךְעֲֿרָדהַכּ 4 Mos 21,1 (J) and hence 4 Mos 33,40 (P or R); feminine הַכְּנַעֲנִיתּ 1 Mos 46,10 = 2 Mos 6,15 (P) בַּתשֿׁוּעַ הַכְּנַעֲנִית 1 Kron 2,3.
\ \ b. usually collective (with article) of pre-Israel in-habitants of כְּנַעַן (q. v.) 1 Mos 12,6; 1 Mos 24,3; 1 Mos 24,37; 1 Mos 50,11 (all J), 4 Mos 21,3 (J), Jos 13,3 (D), Dom 1,1; Dom 1,3; Dom 1,9; Dom 1,10; Dom 1,17, many of whom continued to live in the midst of Israel, vDom 1,27 vDom 1,28 vDom 1,29 vDom 1,29 vDom 1,30 vDom 1,32 vDom 1,33; Jos 16,10 (twice in verse); Jos 17,12; Jos 17,13; Jos 17,16; Jos 17,18 (all J E), 1 Kong 9,16 plural only Ob 1,20, and ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִים Neh 9,24 ׳מִשְׁפְּחוֺת הַכּ 1 Mos 10,18, ׳גְּבוּל הַכּ v1 Mos 10,19 (both J), ׳אֶרֶץ הַכּ 2 Mos 13,11 (JE), Ezk 16,3 often of part of the inhabitants, וְכָל ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ ׳הַכּ Jos 7,9 (JE), 5 Mos 11,30 with other proper name, of a people, + הַפְּרִזִּי 1 Mos 13,7; 1 Mos 34,30 (both J), Dom 1,4; Dom 1,5, + הָאֱמֹרִי 5 Mos 1,7; Jos 5,1; Jos 13,4 (all D); + הַחִוִּי 2 Sam 24,7 + עֲמָלֵקִ (יׅ 4 Mos 14,25; 4 Mos 14,43; 4 Mos 14,45 especially in the list of peoples dispossessed by Israel, 1 Mos 15,21; 2 Mos 3,8; 2 Mos 3,17; 2 Mos 13,5; 2 Mos 23,23; 2 Mos 23,28; 2 Mos 33,2; 2 Mos 34,11; 4 Mos 13,29 (׳הַכּ dwelling by the sea and along Jordan [compare 5 Mos 1,7; 5 Mos 11,30; Jos 5,1; Jos 11,3; Jos 13,4]; all these J E), 5 Mos 7,1; 5 Mos 20,17; Jos 3,10; Jos 9,1; Jos 11,3; Jos 12,8; Jos 24,11 (all J E D), Dom 3,3; Dom 3,5 hence Ezr 9,1; Neh 9,8. compare Dr^{Dt. p. 11, 13 f., 97, 133}.