חָנַטchânaṭ
חָנַט: spice, make spicy, embalm
Pronunciation: khaw-nat' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2590
Meanings
Qal
1. spice, make spicy (Song of Solomon 2:13)
2. embalm (Genesis 50:2; Genesis 50:26)
חֲנֻטִים: i.e. the days consumed in the embalming process = אַרְבָּעִים יוֺם (Genesis 50:3)
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 50:2 Then Joseph told the physicians who served him to embalm his father’s body; so Jacob was embalmed.
- Genesis 50:3 The embalming process took the usual forty days. And the Egyptians mourned his death for seventy days.
- Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died at the age of 110. The Egyptians embalmed him, and his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
- Song of Solomon 2:13 The fig trees are forming young fruit, and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming. Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).