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title: חָנוּת — cell · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָנוּת (2588), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cell. BDB 1906: n.f. cell. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָנוּת

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«חָנוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cell** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2588 · **BDB:** חָנוּת

### Glosses

cells (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2588/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. cell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2588/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. cell (as having curved or vauled roof, arched; v. Thes Gf, and cf. Aramaic ܚܳܢܘܽܬܳܐ vaulted room)—הַחֲנֻיּוֹת Je 37:16 (‖ בֵּית הַבּוֹר).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָנוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2588/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 37:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.37.16/)

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כִּ֣י בָ֧א יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית הַבּ֖וֹר וְאֶל־הַֽחֲנֻ֑יוֹת וַיֵּֽשֶׁב־שָׁ֥ם יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃פ

*Word for word:* (dm) he.went Jeremiah into the.house of the.cistern and into the cells and he.remained there Jeremiah days many

*JPS 1917:* When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

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