Lexical Definition

‎חָנַךְ‎ chânak (khaw-nak') to dedicate ^H:V
a primitive root; (compare ‎חָנַק‎)

dedicate, train up.

• properly, to narrow
• figuratively, to initiate or discipline

1) to train, dedicate, inaugurate
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to train, train up
1a2) to dedicate

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎חִָנִךְ‎ verb train up, dedicate (compare Arabic apparently denominative from rub palate of child with chewed dates, Lane^{659 a, of midwife} rub palate of new-born child with oil, etc., before it begins to suck, Dozy^{ii, 332}; also make experienced, submissive, etc. (as one does a horse by a rope in its mouth) Lane; see also We^{Skizzen iii, 154}; Late Hebrew ‎חִנֵּךְ‎ accustom; Aramaic ‎חֲנַךְ‎ dedicate, ‎חַנֵּיךְ‎ as Late Hebrew; Ethiopic II. perceive, understand (Di¹⁰⁸, initiatio is loan-word Id.^ib.)) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎חֲנָכוֺ‎ Deut 20:5 Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎יַחְנְכֶנּוּ‎ Deut 20:5, 3 masculine plural ‎וַיַּחְנְכוּ‎ 1Kgs 8:63; 2Chr 7:5 Imperative ‎חֲנֹךְ‎ Prov 22:6 —

1. train, train up a (the) youth (‎לַנַּעַר‎) Prov 22:6 (compare Late Hebrew ‎חִנּוּךְ‎).

2. dedicate, of formal opening of a new house Deut 20:5 (twice in verse); dedicate, consecrate temple 1Kgs 8:63 = 2Chr 7:5 (all followed by accusative)

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