A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/חנון - חניא
חנון m. (b. h.; חנן) merciful, gracious Sabb. 133b.
חנון, v. חי׳. - [ח׳ בני, or תנון pr. n. pl., v. היני 3).]
חנון I m. 1) part. pass. of חנן. 2) (v. next w.) sup- plied with an application of Henna; [oth. opin.] merci- fully protected]; fem. חנונה, pl. חנונות. Sabb. V, 4 (expl. ib. 54b a compress dipped in oil;כ Y. ib. 7c top a wool- cop; oth. opin., v. next w.). [Ms. Maim. יחנונות, quot. Low Pf. p. 213]
חנון II c. חנון (יחנון) Henna, Alcanet. n plnt of the leaves of which a paste is made for dyeing nails, hair &c. Sabb. 54b (ref. to חנונות, v. preced.) there is a. tree in the sea-towns (Cyprus), וכ׳ שמו וח׳ ed. (Ms. M. יחנון) its name is h., and a chip thereof is taken and put into the nostrils (of the sick ewe), that it may sneeze and be released of the worms in the head (v. L5w Pf. p. 21 3 a. quotations). --- Y. ib. VV, 7c top it is a root ושמיה יחנונה its name is yahnunah.
חנון III pr. n. m.. v. נן.
חנוני, v. חנווני.
חנופה f. (b. h. חנפה, some ed. הנפ׳; חנף) 1) hy- pocrisy, dishonesty, fattery. Sot. 41b ח׳ בו שיש אדם a man in whom there is insinceu ity. Ib. ח׳ של אגרופה the power of flattery (towards Agrippa). Ib. 42a ח׳ . . . עדה a com- munity in which insincerity (lattery to power) prevails. Snh. 52a לקרח שהחניפו ח׳ בשביל because they fattered Korah. Kidd. 49b וכ׳ וגסות ח׳ cringing submission (to power) and haughtiness (towards the weak); a. e. -- 2) faithlessness to religion, apostasy. Gen. R. s. 48, beg. וכ׳ ח׳ כל where the root הנף is used in the Bible, it means heresy; Yalk. Is. 304.
חנופתא, חנפ׳ ch. same. Targ. Jer. XXIII, 15.
חנוקא, חנוקה m. (חנק) strangler, fighter. Gen. R. s. 78, beg.; Cant. R. to I, 2, a. e. וכ׳ סברת ח׳ strangler, doest thou mean to choke me, l. e. do you think you can embarrass me with your arguuments?
חנות f. (b. h.; חנה) tent, esp. tradesman's shop, tavern; meat-market &c. Tosef. Pes. I (II), 19; Pes. 31b. Ab. III, 16 וכ׳ פתוחה הח׳ the shop is open, the shop- keeper gives on credit, i. e. man has free volition and Providence is long-suffering &c. -- Gitt. 67a מיוזנת ח׳ well- stocked shop (a man of vast learning and readiness), v. יזן. Toh. VI, 3 טמאה שהיא ח׳ ed. Dehr. (ed. טמא שהוא); a. fr. -- Pl. חנויות חני׳. Ib. -- B. Mets. 88a, v.היני 3). Hull. 95a וכ׳ ח׳ תשע if there are nine meat-shops (in one market) all of which sell&c.; Pes. 9b; Nidd. 18a; Keth; 15a. Sabb. 35b וחנויותיה מעיר מלאכה להבטיל שניה Ms. M. (ed. וחנויות עיר להבטיל) the second signal was given to stop work in the town and in its sזlops. Ib. הח׳ וננעלו and the stores were closed. Ib. 15a בח׳ לה . . . גלתה the Sanhedrin were removed from the Temple and held their meetings in the market; (Ab. Zar. 8b בחנות); a. fr.
חנותא ch. same. B. Mets. 60a מח׳ חמרא wine from the shop; a. e. -- Pl. חנותא, הנוו׳, הנוא׳. Targ. Jer. XXXVII, 16; a. e. -- Sabb. 32a, v. בזיונא I B. Bath. 6sa. Y. Peah I 16a a. e. [read] וכ׳ דבותנאי חנו׳ the shopst(trades- men) of Bashan. [Y. Ber. VI, 10a top ח׳ בי, v. חדותא.]
חנט (b. h.) 1) to assume shape, form a texture; (of trees) to show a distinct shape of fruits,to form fruits; (of fruits and leaves) to assume a distinct shape (v. חנטה). R. Hash. 14b פירותיו שחנטו אתרוג Ms. M. (ed. פירותיה) an Ethrog-tree whose fruits were formed before the fifteenth ofShebat. Ib. וכ׳ שחנטו אילן a tree whose fruits &c. Y. Shebi. V, beg. 35d שח׳ אילן a tree which formed fruits. Tosef. ib. IV, 20; a. fr. -- 2) [to be handsome; (Arab.) to be red,] to make handsome, or fagrant, esp. to embalm. Gen. R. s. 100.
חנט ch. same, to embalm. Targ. O. Gen. L, 2 (Y. בסם); a. e. -- Taan. 5b חנטייא חנטוו . . בכדי וכי was it for nothing that . . . the embalmers embalmed (Jacob)?
חנט m., חנטה f. (preced. wds.) formation of fruits or leaves. Y. Shebi. IV, end 35c, a. e. הוא שלשולן חנטן their formation of chains is what in other trees is the formation of fruits. Ib. V, beg. 35d חנטו עקרתה thou disregardest the time of its formation. Y. Maasr. V, 51d bot. והשרשה בח׳ as regards the law regulating the tithes according to the time of the formation of fruits and of taking root. -- R. Hash. 15b לשביעית חנטה אחר for the laws concerning the fruits of the Sabbatical year the formation of fruits is the deciding mark. Ib.a (in Chald. diction) ח׳ בתר זיל be guided by &c. Men. 69a דפירא ח׳ the formation of the fruit, דעלה ח׳ the formation of the texture of leaves; v. הנבה.
חנטא m. (הנט) embalmer. - Pl. הנטייא. Taan. 5b, v. חנם.
חנטא, חינ׳=חיטא. - Pl. חנטין, חנטייא. Targ. Y. Ex. XXIX, 2. Targ. Job XXXI, 40; a. e.
חנטה, v. חנט.
חנטיא, v. חניטיא.
חני, חנה (b. h.; cmp. גני) [to be covered, surround- ed,] to encamp, rest. Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to ויחנך, Num. VI, 25) אצלך ד׳ יחנה the Lord have His tent with thee. Lam. R. introd. (R. Nahm.) (ref. to Is. XXIX, 1) בה שח׳ .וכ׳ where David (aawfully) resided, v. חנייא. Ib. (R. Alex. 1) וכ׳ וחונים . . נוסעים they moved in discord and encamped in discord; Mekh. Yithro, Bahod., s. 1; Lev. R. s. 9; a. fr. -- Apocop. form; הן (as if from חון). Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVIII, 47 (play on בחנמל ib.) מל חן בא he (the locust) came, encamped, cut; (Tanh. Vaera 14. מ״ל נ״ח בא; Ex. R. s. 12 interpol. from Midr. Till. l. c.; נח). Hif. החנה to cause to rest. FFut. apocop. יחן. Y. Taan. III, 66c (play on יחניף, Num. XXXV, 33) וכ׳ אא יהן הדם bloodshed causes the anger (of the Lord) to rest upon the ground (rain being withheld); Sifre Num. 161, Yalk. ib. 788 יחון (corr. acc.).