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title: חֲנֻכָּה — dedication · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲנֻכָּה (2598), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: dedication. BDB 1906: n.f. dedication, consecration. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲנֻכָּה

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«חֲנֻכָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dedication** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 8 times · **Key:** 2598 · **BDB:** חֲנֻכָּה

### Glosses

the.dedication (4); \[was\].the.dedication (2); dedication (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dedication [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2598/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. dedication, consecration [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2598/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. dedication, consecration, as a matter of usage only P and late (NH חֲנוּכָּה Feast of Dedication; so Aramaic חֲנוּכְּתָא)—abs. ח׳ Ne 12:27; cstr. חֲנֻכַּת Nu 7:10 + 6 times; dedication of wall of Jerus. Ne 12:27(×2), by sacrifices and processions, with music; of altar in temple 2 Ch 7:9; of ‘the house’ ψ 30:1 (title), i.e. the temple (re-dedication by Judas Maccab., 1 Macc. 4:52ff.), v. Ol Bae al. (opp. De), and especially CheOP 234, 247; = dedication-offering for altar in tabernacle Nu 7:10 (acc. c. וַיַּקְרִיבוּ) cf. יַקְרִיבוּ אֶת־קָרְבָּנָם לַחֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ v 11, also v 84, 88 (all P; v Di Nu 7:20).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲנֻכָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2598/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 30:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.30.1/)

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מִזְמ֡וֹר שִׁיר־חֲנֻכַּ֖ת הַבַּ֣יִת לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* a.psalm the.song of.the.dedication of the.house of David

*JPS 1917:* A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House; of David.

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[2 Chronicles 7:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.7.9/)

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וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֖י עֲצָ֑רֶת כִּ֣י ׀ חֲנֻכַּ֣ת הַמִּזְבֵּ֗חַ עָשׂוּ֙ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים וְהֶחָ֖ג שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and they.observed on the day (the) eighth an.assembly (dm) the.dedication of the.altar they.had.observed seven days and the festival seven days

*JPS 1917:* And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly; for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.

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