hebrew #2590 - חָנַט chanat (to spice)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance embalm, put forth A primitive root; to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen -- embalm, put forth. Englishman's Concordance 1) to embalm, spice, make spicy (verb) 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to spice, make spicy 1a2) to embalm 2) (CLBL) to ripen 3) (BDB) embalming (noun masculine plural abstract) Part of Speech: see above in Definition A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 691 Brown-Driver-Briggsחָנַטverbspice, make spicy, embalm (Late Hebrew id., bud, blossom; Arabic  become mature, II. prepare for burial,  spices for a corpse;  embalmer, Dozyi, 322 after PS1320; Aramaic  , חֲנַטembalm; so Ethiopic  (loan-word Di110)); — QalPerfect3feminine singular חָֽנְטָהSongs 2:13; Imperfect3masculine plural וַיַּחַנְטוּGenesis 50:2,26; Infinitive constructלַחֲנֹטGenesis 50:2; — 1spice, make spicyפַגֶּיהָ׳הַתְּאֵנָה חSongs 2:13the fig-tree spiceth its figs, so VB De in translation (Ew De in notes Öttli and others prefer reddeneth, on account of spring season, compare the less common and perhaps secondary sense in Arabic become red (of leather) Lane657a). 2embalm, followed by accusative of person Genesis 50:2 (twice in verse) (performed by הָרֹפְאִים), Genesis 50:26. חֲנֻטִיםnoun [masculine] plural abstractembalming, only ׳יְמֵי הַחGenesis 50:3 i.e. the days consumed in the embalming process=אַרְבָּעִים יוֺם see Di. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 2590. חָנַט (chanat) — 5 OccurrencesGenesis 50:2 Genesis 50:2 Genesis 50:3 Genesis 50:26 Songs 2:13 |