KANAH — KANAH, Cana (Heb. קָנָה). (1) City in the territory of Asher (Josh. 19:28), mentioned in Egyptian lists of cities conquered by Seti I and Thutmosis III (no. 26); now Kanah, 6 miles (10 km.) southeast of Tyre. (2) Town in Galilee captured by… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KANAH AND PELIYAH, BOOKS OF — KANAH AND PELIYAH, BOOKS OF, two of the most important compositions of pre Safedian kabbalah . The former is a lengthy commentary on the commandments, the latter a commentary on the first chapters of Genesis. Though different from the literary… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Kanah — Reedy; brook of reeds. 1) A stream forming the boundary between Ephraim and Manasseh, from the Mediterranean eastward to Tappuah (Josh. 16:8). It has been identified with the sedgy streams that constitute the Wady Talaik, which enters the… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
KANAH — (C.: Kanevât Kınâ Kınaâ) Yer altında olan su yolu. * Kendir ağacı … Yeni Lügat Türkçe Sözlük
Nehunya ben ha-Kanah — Rabbinical Eras Chazal Zugot Tannaim Amoraim Savoraim Geonim Rishonim Acharonim Nehunya ben ha Kanah (Hebrew: נחוניה בן הקנה) was a Tanna of the 1st and 2nd centuries. It appears from B. B. 10b that Neḥunya was a contemporary, but not a pupil, of … Wikipedia
NEḤUNYA BEN HA-KANAH — (dates uncertain), tanna. Mishnah Ber. 4:2 relates two prayers which he would recite when entering and leaving the study hall. An aggadic statement is transmitted in his name in Avot 3:5, and two halakhot are transmitted in his name in Tosefta… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Nehunyah ben ha-Kanah — (fl. lst cent) Palestinian tanna. He was born in Emmaus in Judea. His students included Ishmael ben Elisha, who was influenced by his method of interpreting Scripture. He adopted the interpretive principle of kelal u pherat (general followed… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Кана — (Kanah – тростник, камыш) – 1) город в колене Завулоновом, который, в отличие К. в колене Асировом, называется К. Галилейской. Местоположение К. Галилейской с точностью не поддается определению – некоторые называют его в нынешнем… … Полный православный богословский энциклопедический словарь
Bahir — or Sefer Ha Bahir סֵפֶר הַבָּהִיר (Hebrew, Book of the Brightness ) is an anonymous mystical work, attributed pseudepigraphically to a first century rabbinic sage Nehunya ben ha Kanah (a contemporary of Yochanan ben Zakai) because it begins with… … Wikipedia
KABBALAH — This entry is arranged according to the following outline: introduction general notes terms used for kabbalah the historical development of the kabbalah the early beginnings of mysticism and esotericism apocalyptic esotericism and merkabah… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
