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title: חָתַן — make oneself a daughter’s husband · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָתַן (2859), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: make oneself a daughter’s husband. BDB 1906: vb.denom. make oneself daughter’s husband. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָתַן

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«חָתַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **make oneself a daughter’s husband** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 2859 · **BDB:** חתן²

### Glosses

be.son-in-law (3); he.became.son-in-law (2); you.will.intermarry (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

make oneself a daughter’s husband [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2859/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. make oneself daughter’s husband [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2859/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. only make oneself a daughter’s husband (NH Hithp. id., Aramaic Ithpa. id.)—Pf. 2 mpl. וְהִתְחַתַּנְתֶּם consec. Jos 23:12; Impf. וַיִּתְחַתֵּן 1 K 3:1 2 Ch 18:1; 2 m. תִּתְחַתֵּן Dt 7:3 1 S 18:21; Imv. הִתְחַתֵּן 1 S 18:22, הִתְחַתְּנוּ Gn 34:9; Inf. הִתְחַתֵּן 1 S 18:23 + 3 times;— make oneself daughter’s husband (son-in-law) to, c. בְּ 1 S 18:21, 22, 23, 26, 27; c. אֶת 1 K 3:1; c. לְ 2 Ch 18:1, of marriage of Jehoshaphat’s son and Ahab’s daughter (cf. 2 K 8:18 = 2 Ch 21:6). in gen. form marriage-alliance with, c. בְּ Dt 7:3 Jos 23:12 (D), Ezr 9:14; c. אֶת Gn 34:9 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָתַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2859/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 18:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.18.1/)

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וַיְהִ֧י לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט עֹ֥שֶׁר וְכָב֖וֹד לָרֹ֑ב וַיִּתְחַתֵּ֖ן לְאַחְאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and it.belonged to Jehoshaphat wealth and honor to abundance and he.became.son-in-law to Ahab

*JPS 1917:* Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.

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[Genesis 34:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.34.9/)

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וְהִֽתְחַתְּנ֖וּ אֹתָ֑נוּ בְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ תִּתְּנוּ־לָ֔נוּ וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ תִּקְח֥וּ לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and intermarry.with us daughters your you.will.give to us and (et) daughters our you.will.take for yourselves

*JPS 1917:* And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

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