Lexical Definition

‎חָנַט‎ chânaṭ (khaw-nat') to spice ^H:V
a primitive root

embalm, put forth.

• to spice
• by implication, to embalm
• also to ripen

v
1) to embalm, spice, make spicy
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to spice, make spicy
1a2) to embalm
2) (CLBL) to ripen
n m pl abst
3) (BDB) embalming

See Greek: ἐκφέρω · ἐνταφιάζω · θάπτω · ταφή

Extended Information

• (BDB) embalming

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָנַט‎ verb spice, make spicy, embalm (Late Hebrew id., bud, blossom; Arabic become mature, II. prepare for burial, spices for a corpse; embalmer, Dozy^{i, 322 after} PS¹³²⁰; Aramaic , ‎חֲנַט‎ embalm; so Ethiopic (loan-word Di¹¹⁰)); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎חָֽנְטָה‎ Song 2:13 Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיַּחַנְטוּ‎ Gen 50:2; Gen 50:26 Infinitive construct ‎לַחֲנֹט‎ Gen 50:2 —

1. spice, make spicy ‎פַגֶּיהָ‎ ‎׳‎‎הַתְּאֵנָה ח‎ Song 2:13 the fig-tree spiceth its figs, so VB De in translation (Ew De in notes Öttli and others prefer reddeneth, on account of spring season, compare the less common and perhaps secondary sense in Arabic become red (of leather) Lane^{657 a}).

2. embalm, followed by accusative of person Gen 50:2 (twice in verse) (performed by ‎הָרֹפְאִים‎), vGen 50:26.

‎חֲנֻטִים‎ noun [masculine] plural abstract embalming, only ‎׳‎‎יְמֵי הַח‎ Gen 50:3 i.e. the days consumed in the embalming process = ‎אַרְבָּעִים יוֺם‎ see Di.

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