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title: חָנַט — spice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָנַט (lemma:חָנַט), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: spice. BDB 1906: vb. spice, make spicy, embalm. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָנַט

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«חָנַט» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spice** — 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:** lemma:חָנַט · **BDB:** חָנַט

### Glosses

it.has.ripened (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e0_5b7_5d8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. spice, make spicy, embalm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e0_5b7_5d8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spice, make spicy, embalm (NH id., bud, blossom; Arabic حَنَطَ become mature, ii. prepare for burial, حَنُوطٌ spices for a corpse; حَنَّاطٌ embalmer, Dozyi, 322 after PS1320; Aramaic ܚܢܰܛ, חֲנַט embalm; so Ethiopic ሐነጠ (loan-word Di110));— Pf. 3 fs. הָֽנְטָה Ct 2:13; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיַּחַנְטוּ Gn 50:2, 26; Inf. cstr. לַחֲנֹט Gn 50:2;— spice, make spicy הַתְּאֵנָה ח׳ פַגֶּיהָ Ct 2:13 the fig-tree spiceth its figs, so VB De in transl. (Ew De in notes Öt al. prefer reddeneth, on account of spring season, cf. the less common and perhaps secondary sense in Arabic become red (of leather) Lane657 a). embalm, sq. acc. pers. Gn 50:2(×2) (performed by הָרֹפְאִים), v 26.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָנַט» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e0_5b7_5d8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.2.13/)

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הַתְּאֵנָה֙ חָֽנְטָ֣ה פַגֶּ֔יהָ וְהַגְּפָנִ֥ים ׀ סְמָדַ֖ר נָ֣תְנוּ רֵ֑יחַ ק֥וּמִי לָ֛ךְ רַעְיָתִ֥י יָפָתִ֖י וּלְכִי־לָֽךְ׃ס

*Word for word:* the.fig tree it.has.ripened figs its.early and the vines blossom they.have.given.forth odor arise (for yourself my.friend my my.beautiful \[one\] and come (for yourself

*JPS 1917:* The fig-tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines in blossom give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

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