Kenaz or Knaz - hunter - is the name of several persons in the Hebrew Bible. The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written in Biblical Hebrew (and the related Biblical Aramaic קְנָז "Hunter", Standard Hebrew Qənaz, Tiberian Hebrew Qənaz / Qənāz
- A son of Eliphaz and a grandson of Esau. Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct (yet very well documented Oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was For the figure from the Book of Job see Eliphaz (Job. For the kibbutz near Eilat see Elifaz (kibbutz. Esau (ˈisɔ ( Hebrew, Standard Hebrew Esav, Tiberian Hebrew ʿĒśāw) is the brother of Jacob (whom God renamed He was an Edomite leader. (Genesis 36:11, 15, 42). He may have been the ancestor of the Kenezites. The Kenezites are a clan associated with the Hebrews in the Hebrew Bible.
- Caleb's younger brother, and father of Othniel (Josh. For other meanings of the word Caleb or Kalev see Caleb (disambiguation Caleb ( Hebrew; Tiberian vocalization Othniel Ben Kenaz ( is the first of the Biblical Judges. His wife Achsah was the daughter of Caleb (Josh 15:17), whose family was of importance in Israel down to the time of David. David, Arabic: داوود or داود dawud, "beloved" was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible (1 Chr. 27:15) Some think that Othniel (Judg. 1:13), and not Kenaz, was Caleb's brother, Kenaz obviously being Caleb's stepfather.
- Caleb's grandson. (1 Chr. 4:15)
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