חנות
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| ח־נ־ה (ḥ-n-h) |
Borrowed from Aramaic חָנוּתָא (ḥānūṯā).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħaːˈnuːθ/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈnut/
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Noun[edit]
חֲנוּת or חָנוּת • (khanút or ḥānūṯ) f (plural indefinite חנויות / חֲנֻיּוֹת, singular construct חֲנוּת־, plural construct חנויות / חֲנֻיּוֹת־)
- (Biblical Hebrew) cell, vaulted chamber
- Tanach, Jeremiah 37:16, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- כִּי בָא יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל־בֵּית הַבּוֹר, וְאֶל־הַחֲנֻיּוֹת; וַיֵּשֶׁב־שָׁם יִרְמְיָהוּ, יָמִים רַבִּים.
- ki va yirməyáhu el-bēt habbór, vəel-haḥanuyyót; vayyéšev-šam yirməyáhu, yamím rabbím.
- When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells; and Jeremiah had remained there, many days.
- store, a shop
Usage notes[edit]
- This noun frequently appears in its singular construct form, with a following noun to indicate the kind of store; hence, for example, חנות ספרים (khanút s'farím, “lit. store-of books, i.e. bookstore”).
See also[edit]
- שׁוּק (shuk, “market”)
References[edit]
- H2588 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 238
- Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 56