Lexical Definition

‎חֲנֻכָּה‎ chănukkâh (khan-ook-kaw') dedication ^H:N-F
from ‎חָנַךְ‎

dedicating(-tion).

• initiation, i.e. consecration

1) dedication, consecration

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: cha.nuk.kah (‎ח‎ֲ‎נ‎ֻ‎כ‎ָּ‎ה‎ "dedication" חֲנֻכָּא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֲנֻכָּה‎ noun feminine dedication, consecration, as a matter of usage only P and late (Late Hebrew ‎חֲנוּכָּה‎ Feast of Dedication; so Aramaic ‎חֲנוּכְּתָא‎) — abs ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Neh 12:27 construct ‎חֲנֻכַּת‎ Num 7:10 + 6 t.; dedication of wall of Jerusalem Neh 12:27 (twice in verse), by sacrifices and processions, with music; of altar in temple 2Chr 7:9 of 'the house' Ps 30:1* (title), i.e. the temple (re-dedication by Judas Maccabaeus, 1 Macc 4:52ff.), see Ol Bae and others (opposed to De), and especially Che^{OP 234. 247}; = dedication-offering for altar in tabernacle Num 7:10 (accusative with ‎וַיַּקְרִיבוּ‎), compare ‎יַקְרִיבוּ אֶתקָֿרְבָּנָם‎ ‎לַחֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ‎ vNum 7:11, also vNum 7:84 vNum 7:88 (all P; see Di Num 7:20).

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