ke.na.an denotes Canaan as a proper designation and, in one plural construct form, people engaged in trade.

The attested proper-form use identifies Canaan, especially as a land in Ezekiel 16:29 and Ezekiel 17:4; Zephaniah 1:11 has the same Proper tag while the APB frames the clause around merchant people. A distinct common masculine plural construct form occurs in Isaiah 23:8 amid Tyre's traders and merchants.

1. Canaan as a proper designation · dominant

   In Ezekiel 16:29 the Proper form occurs in the APB clause about reaching “the land of merchants, Canaan and Chaldea.” In Ezekiel 17:4 the same tagged form is in the phrase rendered “the land of Canaan,” while Zephaniah 1:11 also has a Proper form although the APB renders its surrounding clause as “all the merchant people have ceased.”

   Ezekiel 16:29Ezekiel 17:4Zephaniah 1:11
2. Trading people · rare

   In Isaiah 23:8 the common masculine plural construct form occurs in a question about Tyre, whose traders are princes and whose merchants are honored; the APB presents the commercial group in that clause.

   Isaiah 23:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “Canaan” in Ezekiel 16:29 and Ezekiel 17:4, but elsewhere presents commercial language such as “traders,” “merchants,” and “merchant people.” These renderings indicate the verse contexts rather than a fixed English equivalent.