חֲנֻכָּה
chănukkâh · H2598 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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dedication
Action by which humans make a building or religious object ready for use usually by devoting it to a deity
ExamplesNumbers 7:10 And the leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed, so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.
Numbers 7:11 Then the LORD said to Moses, “They shall present their offering, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.”
Numbers 7:84 This was the dedication offering for the altar from the leaders of Israel when it was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold pans,
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
7 occurrences in 3 groups
- מִזְבֵּחַaltar 5
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- חוֹמָהwall 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 2
- קָרַבto come near, to offer 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- זֹאתthis 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- זֹאתthis 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 2
- לto/for 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שִׁירsong 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
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- חֲנֻכָּה denotes the dedication of something set apart for sacred use, illustrated in the repeated "dedication offering for the altar" of Numbers 7:10-11, 7:84, 7:88, and the temple's own dedication in 2 Chronicles 7:9 — a genuine sense of ritual consecration or setting-apart.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2598. chanukkah חֲנֻכָּה noun feminine dedication, consecration, as a matter of usage…
חֲנֻכָּה noun feminine dedication, consecration, as a matter of usage only P and late (Late Hebrew חֲנוּכָּה Feast of Dedication; so Aramaic חֲנוּכְּתָא) — abs ׳ח Neh 12:27; construct חֲנֻכַּת Num 7:10 Num 7:6t.; dedication of wall of Jerusalem Neh 12:27 (twice in verse), by sacrifices and processions, with music; of altar in temple 2Ch 7:9; of 'the house' Psa 30:1 (title), i.e. the temple (re-dedication by Judas Maccabaeus, 1Macc 4:52ff.), see Ol Bae and others (opposed to De), and especially CheOP 234. 247; = dedication-offering for altar in tabernacle Num 7:10 (accusative with וַיַּקְרִיבוּ), compare הַמִּזְבֵּחַ לַחֲנֻכַּת אֶתקָֿרְבָּנָם יַקְרִיבוּ Num 7:11, also Num 7:84; Num 7:88 (all P; see Di Num 7:20).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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