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title: חָתָן — daughter’s husband · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָתָן (2860), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 20 times: daughter’s husband. BDB 1906: n.m. daughter’s husband, bridegroom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָתָן

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«חָתָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 20 times · **Key:** 2860 · **BDB:** חָתָן

### Glosses

of.a.bridegroom (5); \[was\].a.son-in-law (2); a.bridegroom (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

daughter’s husband [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2860/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. daughter’s husband, bridegroom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2860/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. daughter’s husband, bridegroom (as one who undergoes circumcision, v. supr.; NH id.; Aramaic חַתְנָא, and ܚܰܬܢܳܐ (also sister’s husband, etc.); vulg.Ar. خَتَنٌ daughter’s husband, then more gen. wife’s and husband’s relations; Sab. (Liḥyân) חֿתן daughter’s husband DHMEpigr. Denkm. 87; Assyrian ḫatanu, daughter’s husband COTGloss.)—abs. ח׳ 1 S 18:18 + 10 times + Gn 19:12 (where read חֲתָנֶיךָ 𝔊 Ol Di); cstr. חֲתַן Ex 4:25 + 4 times; sf. חֲתָנוֹ Ju 19:5; חֲתָנָיו Gn 19:14(×2);— in relation to a father, daughter’s husband, or bridegroom Gn 19:12, 14 (ח׳ לֹקְחֵי בְּנֹתָיו), v 14 (all J), Ju 15:6; 19:5 1 S 18:18; 22:14 Ne 6:18; 13:28; v. also חֲתַן בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 K 8:27 son-in-law of the house of Ahab, said of Ahaziah, whose mother Athaliah was the daughter of Ahab. in relation to the bride, bridegroom ח׳ דָּמִים אַתָּה לִי Ex 4:25 a bloody bridegroom art thou to me, cf. v 26 (J; on this v. WeProl. 1886, 355); ‖ כַּלָּה Je 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11 Jo 2:16; in sim. of י׳’s work for and delight in his people Is 61:10; 62:5; of sun ψ 19:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָתָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2860/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 4:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.4.26/)

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וַיִּ֖רֶף מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אָ֚ז אָֽמְרָ֔ה חֲתַ֥ן דָּמִ֖ים לַמּוּלֹֽת׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.withdrew from him then she.said a.bridegroom of.blood(s) to the circumcision(s)

*JPS 1917:* So He let him alone. Then she said: 'A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision.'

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[Psalms 19:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.19.6/)

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וְה֗וּא כְּ֭חָתָן יֹצֵ֣א מֵחֻפָּת֑וֹ יָשִׂ֥ישׂ כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר לָר֥וּץ אֹֽרַח׃

*Word for word:* and it \[is\].like a.bridegroom \[who\].comes.forth from chamber his it.rejoices like a.mighty.\[man\] to run a.path

*JPS 1917:* Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.

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