חָנַט verb spice, make spicy, embalm (Late Hebrew id., bud, blossom; Arabic become mature, II. prepare for burial, spices for a corpse; embalmer, Dozy^{i, 322 after} PS¹³²⁰; Aramaic , חֲנַט embalm; so Ethiopic (loan-word Di¹¹⁰)); —

Qal Perfect3feminine singular חָֽנְטָה Songs 2:13; Imperfect3masculine plural וַיַּחַנְטוּ Genesis 50:2,26; Infinitive construct לַחֲנֹט Genesis 50:2; —

1 spice, make spicy פַגֶּיהָ ׳הַתְּאֵנָה ח Songs 2:13 the 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) Lane^657a).

2 embalm, followed by accusative of person Genesis 50:2 (twice in verse) (performed by הָרֹפְאִים), Genesis 50:26.

חֲנֻטִים noun [masculine] plural abstract embalming, only ׳יְמֵי הַח Genesis 50:3 i.e. the days consumed in the embalming process = אַרְבָּעִים יוֺם see Di.

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