BDB4095
I. כְּנַעֲנִי adjective and name, [of a people] of I. כְּנַעַן; — usually masculine singular (הַ)כְּנַעֲנִי Gen 38:2; Num 21:1 +; feminine singular הַכְּנַעֲנִית Gen 46:10 = Exod 6:15; 1Chr 2:3 masculine plural (הַ)כְּנַעֲנִים Obad 1:20; Neh 9:24 —
1.
adjective
׳
אִישׁ כ
Gen 38:2 (
J
).
2. with article as
substantive,
a.
of individual, ׳
מֶלֶךְעֲֿרָדהַכּ
Num 21:1 (
J
) and hence
Num 33:40 (
P
or
R
); feminine הַכְּנַעֲנִיתּ
Gen 46:10 =
Exod 6:15 (
P
) בַּתשֿׁוּעַ הַכְּנַעֲנִית
1Chr 2:3.
b. usually collective (with article) of pre-Israel inhabitants of
כְּנַעַן
(q. v.) Gen
12:6
; Gen 24:3
;
Gen 24:37;
Gen 50:11
(all
J
), Num 21:3
(
J
), Josh 13:3
(
D
), Judg 1:1
;
Judg 1:3; Judg 1:9; Judg 1:10; Judg 1:17, many
of
whom continued to live in the midst of Israel, Judg 1:27 Judg 1:28 Judg 1:29 Judg 1:29 Judg 1:30 Judg 1:32 Judg 1:33; Josh 16:10 (twice in verse); Josh 17:12; Josh 17:13; Josh 17:16;
Josh 17:18
(all
J
E
), 1Kgs
9:16
plural only
Obad
1:20, and ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִים
Neh 9:24
׳
מִשְׁפְּחוֺת הַכּ
Gen 10:18,
׳
גְּבוּל הַכּ Gen 10:19 (both
J
), ׳
אֶרֶץ הַכּ
Exod 13:11
(
J
E
), Ezek
16:3
often of part of the inhabitants, וְכָל ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ
׳
הַכּ
Josh 7:9 (
J
E
), Deut
11:30 with other proper name, of a people, + הַפְּרִזִּי
Gen 13:7; Gen 34:30
(both
J
), Judg 1:4
;
Judg 1:5, +
הָאֱמֹרִי
Deut 1:7; Josh 5:1; Josh 13:4 (all
D
); + הַחִוִּי
2Sam 24:7 +
עֲמָלֵקִ (יׅ
Num 14:25;
Num 14:43;
Num 14:45
especially in the list of peoples dispossessed by Israel, Gen 15:21; Exod 3:8; Exod 3:17; Exod 13:5; Exod 23:23; Exod 23:28; Exod 33:2; Exod 34:11; Num 13:29 (
׳
הַכּ dwelling by the sea and along Jordan [compare Deut 1:7; Deut 11:30; Josh 5:1; Josh 11:3; Josh 13:4]; all these
J
E
), Deut 7:1
;
Deut 20:17;
Josh 3:10; Josh 9:1; Josh 11:3; Josh 12:8; Josh 24:11
(all
J
E
D
), Judg 3:3
;
Judg 3:5 hence Ezra 9:1; Neh 9:8. compare
DrDt. p. 11, 13 f., 97, 133.