חָנַט
ḥănuṭîm
spice
Strong's H2590NounHebrewTWOT 691a

חָנַט (ḥănuṭîm) is a Hebrew noun meaning spice. It appears 5 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2590).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 691a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 691a)embalming; spice, embalm, ripen; put forth
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֲנֻטִים noun, masculine, plural, abstract: embalming

embalming, only i.e. days consumed in the embalming process

Strong's H2590 חָנַט: to spice; by implication, to embalm; also to ripen
KJV:embalm, put forth.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 691: חָנַט ḥānaṭ — spice, make spicy, embalm; ripen; put forth

See it in Scripture

Genesis 50:2Song of Solomon 2:13

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