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title: חָנִיךְ — trained · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָנִיךְ (2593), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: trained. BDB 1906: adj. trained, tried, experienced. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָנִיךְ

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«חָנִיךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **trained** — 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:** 2593 · **BDB:** חָנִיךְ

### Glosses

men (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

trained [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2593/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. trained, tried, experienced [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2593/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. trained, tried, experienced, only pl. sf. חֲנִיכָיו יְלידֵי בֵיתוֹ, Gn 14:14 i.e. his tried and trusty men, born in his house.

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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 (4 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 «חָנִיךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2593/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 14:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.14.14/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אַבְרָ֔ם כִּ֥י נִשְׁבָּ֖ה אָחִ֑יו וַיָּ֨רֶק אֶת־חֲנִיכָ֜יו יְלִידֵ֣י בֵית֗וֹ שְׁמֹנָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף עַד־דָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard Abram (dm).that he.had.been.taken.captive relative his and he.drew.out (et) men his.trained those.born his.household his eight- teen and three hundred(s) and he.pursued to Dan

*JPS 1917:* And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

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