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title: חָתַל — entwine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָתַל (2853), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: entwine. BDB 1906: vb. entwine, enwrap. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָתַל

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«חָתַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **entwine** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2853 · **BDB:** חָתַל

### Glosses

at.all.(be.wrapped) (1); you.were.wrapped (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

entwine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2853/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. entwine, enwrap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2853/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. perhaps entwine, enwrap (poss. denom., so MV al.; yet cf. NH חוֹתָל woven date-basket)— Pf. 2 fs. חֻתָּֽלְתְּ and Inf. abs. הָחְתֵּל be swathed, swaddled;—וְהָמְלֵחַ לֹא הֻמְלַ֫חַתְּ וְהָחְתֵּל לֹא חֻתָּֽלְתְּ Ez 16:4 and not at all wast thou rubbed with salt, and not at all wast thou swaddled, of Jerusalem under fig. of infant.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָתַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2853/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 16:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.4/)

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וּמוֹלְדוֹתַ֗יִךְ בְּי֨וֹם הוּלֶּ֤דֶת אֹתָךְ֙ לֹֽא־כָרַּ֣ת שָׁרֵּ֔ךְ וּבְמַ֥יִם לֹֽא־רֻחַ֖צְתְּ לְמִשְׁעִ֑י וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙ לֹ֣א הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּ וְהָחְתֵּ֖ל לֹ֥א חֻתָּֽלְתְּ׃

*Word for word:* and birth(s) your on the.day were.born you not it.was.cut.off cord your.umbilical and with water not you.were.washed for cleansing and at.all.(be.salted) not you.were.rubbed.with.salt and at.all.(be.wrapped) not you.were.wrapped

*JPS 1917:* And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water for cleansing; thou was not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

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