כְּנַעֲנִי m. (b. h.) 1) Canaanite. Tosef. B. Kam. VIII, 19. Mekh. Mishp., Nzikin, s. 7 (ref. to Ex. XXI, 26) בכ׳ וכ׳ the text speaks of a Canaanite slave, opp. to עבד עברי. Kidd. I, 3 עבד כ׳ נקנה וכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of &c.; a. fr.—Pl. כְּנַעֲנִים. Tosef. B. Kam. IX, 10. Mekh. l. c. s. 3 כדרך שהכ׳ וכ׳ as the Canaanite slaves go free. Sot. 35ᵇ כ׳ שבח"ל Canaanites outside of Palestine. —2) Phœnician, merchant. Sifré Deut. 306; Yalk. ib. 942 (ref. to יערף, Deut. XXXII, 2) לשון כ׳ וכ׳ it is a merchant’s expression, f. i., a man says not to his neighbor, ‘change for me &c.,’ but ‘break &c.’ (ערוף).