חנות
Hebrew
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic חָנוּתָא (ḥānūṯā).
Pronunciation
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Noun
חֲנוּת or חָנוּת • (khanút or ḥānūṯ) f (plural indefinite חנויות / חֲנֻיּוֹת, singular construct חֲנוּת־, plural construct חנויות / חֲנֻיּוֹת־)
Usage notes
- 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
- שׁוּק (shuk, “market”)
References
- 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