King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H2590
Transliteration: chanat
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nat')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spice, make spicy, embalm
Meaning: to spice, to embalm, to ripen
Word Summary
chanat: to spice, make spicy, embalm
Original Word: חָנַטTransliteration: chanat
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nat')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spice, make spicy, embalm
Meaning: to spice, to embalm, to ripen
Strong's Concordance
embalm, put forth A primitive root; to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen -- embalm, put forth.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2590. chanat
חָנַט verb spice, make spicy, embalm (Late Hebrew id., bud, blossom; Arabic become mature, II. prepare for burial, spices for a corpse; embalmer, Dozyi, 322 after PS1320; Aramaic , חֲנַט embalm; so Ethiopic (loan-word Di110)); —
Qal Perfect3feminine singular חָֽנְטָה Song of Solomon 2:13; Imperfect3masculine plural וַיַּחַנְטוּ Genesis 50:2, 26; Infinitive construct לַחֲנֹט 50:2; —
1 spice, make spicy ח ׳הַתְּאֵנָה פַגֶּיהָ Song of Solomon 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) Lane657a).
2 embalm, followed by accusative of person Genesis 50:2 (twice in verse) (performed by הָרֹפְאִים), 50:26.
חֲנֻטִים noun [masculine] plural abstract embalming, only הַח ׳יְמֵי Genesis 50:3 i.e. the days consumed in the embalming process = יוֺם אַרְבָּעִים see Di.