ke.na.a.ni denotes a merchant in the two supplied verses, one receiving goods and one excluded from the LORD’s house.

The attested use identifies a merchant: in Proverbs 31:24 the term stands in a transaction involving a belt, while in Zechariah 14:21 it occurs in the statement that no such person will remain in the house of the LORD of hosts.

1. Merchant in trade and temple context · dominant

   Both occurrences use a masculine singular absolute gentilicial noun. In Proverbs 31:24 the APB renders the clause “gives a belt to the merchant”; in Zechariah 14:21 it renders the statement that there will no longer be any “merchant” in the house of the LORD of hosts.

   Proverbs 31:24Zechariah 14:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “merchant” in both verses: one clause concerns giving a belt, and the other concerns the LORD’s house.