קֵינִי

קֵינִי adjective, of a people of II. קַיִן 1 (q. v.), ׳חֶבֶר הַקּ (dwelling in North Israel), ὁ Κειναῖος Dom 4,11; Dom 4,17 (twice in verse); Dom 5,24 (against WMM Jen, who refers ׳ק here to city Kîn near Megiddo, mentioned by Egyptian, see especially Bu Now on Dom 4,11); read probably also ׳חֹבָב הַקּ Dom 1,16 (for ׳בְּנֵי ק; so Bu GFM; ᵐ5 οἱ υιὁὶ Ιοθορ τοῦ Κειναίου); elsewhere as name of a people collective ׳הַקּ settled among Amalekites, 4 Mos 24,21 (J E; see II. קַיִן 1), 1 Sam 15,6 — = קֵינִי v1 Sam 15,6 (We Bu Kit קַיִן, HPS הַקֵּינִי); — ׳הַקּ also 1 Sam 27,10; 1 Sam 30,29 (B ᵐ5L Κενεζ(ε)Ι =קְנִזִּי A Κηνελ, Κειναῖος); 1 Mos 15,19 (list of peoples; R); = הַקִּינִים 1 Kron 2,55 (Κ(ε)ιναῖοι), related to Rechabites.