חָנַט

chanat · embalm

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2590 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

chanat (חָנַט) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “embalm”.

Prepare a dead body with spices to preserve it, an Egyptian custom; of fruit, ripen.

How to say it

cha·nat

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Prepare a dead body with spices to preserve it.
  2. Bring fruit to readiness.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • embalmed ×2
  • embalm ×1
  • embalming ×1
  • has ripened ×1

Where it appears

  • Genesis 50:2

    Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.

  • Genesis 50:3

    Forty days were completed for him, for so are completed the days of embalming; and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

  • Genesis 50:26

    Joseph died a hundred and ten years old; they embalmed him and he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.

  • Song of Songs 2:13

    The fig tree has ripened its early figs, and the vines in blossom give fragrance. Arise, my companion, my beautiful one, and come away.”

And 1 more times.