Hebrew word · H2590

חָנַט

vaiyachantu

to spice

Appears 5 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

v

1) to embalm, spice, make spicy

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to spice, make spicy

1a2) to embalm

2) (CLBL) to ripen

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Genesis · 4

  1. Genesis 50:2 לַחֲנֹ֖ט וַיַּחַנְט֥וּ to embalm, and they embalmed

    And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,

  2. Genesis 50:3 הַחֲנֻטִ֑ים the embalming<s>

    taking the forty days required to complete the embalming. And the Egyptians mourned for him seventy days.

  3. Genesis 50:26 וַיַּחַנְט֣וּ and people embalmed

    So Joseph died at the age of 110. And they embalmed his body and placed it in a coffin in Egypt.

Song of Songs · 1

  1. Song of Songs 2:13 חָֽנְטָ֣ה it has ripened

    The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”

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