LIVESTOCK, and by extension the wealth held in it — from QANAH, 'to acquire': cattle as the thing you buy WITH, the standing capital of a herding people. The phrase ANSHEI MIKNEH, 'men of livestock,' is the one Joseph coaches his brothers to say to Pharaoh (46:34) instead of the blunter RO'EI TSON, 'shepherds of flocks,' which he uses himself when briefing them (46:32) — owners rather than hired hands, the same trade with a better title on it. It is a small, precise piece of court management, and Genesis lets you watch him do it. → first discussed at Gen 46:32