קְנֵי, קְנָא I ch., v. infra.
Pa. - קַנֵּי 1) to be zealous for; to be jealous; to suspect of unfaithfulness. Targ. Num. XI, 29. Ib. XXV, 11. Targ. Gen. XXX, 1. Targ. Num. V, 14; a. fr. —2) to make jealous. Targ. II Esth. II, 19 קַנְּאָהּ וכ׳ (ed. קָנְאָה, ed. Vien. קָנְאָתָּהּ) make her jealous by marrying other wives. —3) to warn one’s wife. Sot. 2ᵇ זמנין דלא ק׳ ואמר קַנָּאִי it may happen that he did not warn her and yet he may declare, I did warn her. Ib. וכ"ע ידעי דק׳ לה and all will know that he did warn her; a. fr.
Af. - אַקְנֵי to make jealous; to provoke. Targ. Ps. LXXVIII, 58. Targ. I Sam. I, 6, v. אַקְנָיוּתָא. Targ. Deut. XXXII, 16 (Y. I קְנוֹן, read: קַנּוֹן). Ib. 21; a. e.
Ithpe. - אִיקְּנֵי, אִקְּ׳ to be jealous, incensed. Meg. 16ᵃ אי׳ בה … א׳ בי וכ׳ he (Haman) had a grudge against Vashti and put her to death, and now he has a grudge against me &c. Ib. 13ᵃ דמִיקְּנֵי ביה המן against whom Haman was enraged. Ib. 19ᵃ מה … דאי׳ וכ׳ what reason had Mordecai to be hostile to Haman?; a. e.