חנית
Hebrew
Etymology
From the root חָנָה (ḥānā, “incline to, to bend down, verge toward”) with the feminine suffix ת-, Classical Syriac ܚܢܐ (ḥənā) also meaning specifically “to aim”.
Pronunciation
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Noun
חֲנִית • (khanít) f (plural indefinite חֲנִיתוֹת or חֲנִיתִים)
- a spear, a javelin
- Tanach, Isaiah 2:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וְשָׁפַט בֵּין הַגֹּויִם וְהֹוכִיחַ לְעַמִּים רַבִּים וְכִתְּתוּ חַרְבֹותָם לְאִתִּים וַחֲנִיתֹֽותֵיהֶם לְמַזְמֵרֹות לֹא־יִשָּׂא גֹוי אֶל־גֹּוי חֶרֶב וְלֹא־יִלְמְדוּ עֹוד מִלְחָמָֽה׃
- And He shall judge between the nations, / And shall decide for many peoples; / And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, / And their spears into pruninghooks; / Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, / Neither shall they learn war any more.
- Tanach, 2 Chronicles 23:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיִּתֵּן יְהֹויָדָע הַכֹּהֵן לְשָׂרֵי הַמֵּאֹות אֶת־הַֽחֲנִיתִים וְאֶת־הַמָּגִנֹּות וְאֶת־הַשְּׁלָטִים אֲשֶׁר לַמֶּלֶךְ דָּוִיד אֲשֶׁר בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
- And Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
Declension
Declension of חֲנִית
| Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
| singular | indefinite | חֲנִית | first | חֲנִיתִי | חֲנִיתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֲנִית | second | חֲנִיתְךָ | חֲנִיתֵךְ | חֲנִיתְכֶם | חֲנִיתְכֶן | |
| construct | חֲנִית־ | third | חֲנִיתוֹ | חֲנִיתָהּ | חֲנִיתָם | חֲנִיתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | חֲנִיתוֹת | first | חניתותיי / חֲנִיתוֹתַי | חֲנִיתוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֲנִיתוֹת | second | חֲנִיתוֹתֶיךָ | חניתותייך / חֲנִיתוֹתַיִךְ | חֲנִיתוֹתֵיכֶם | חֲנִיתוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | חֲנִיתוֹת־ | third | חֲנִיתוֹתָיו | חֲנִיתוֹתֶיהָ | חֲנִיתוֹתָם | חֲנִיתוֹתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | חֲנִיתִים | first | חניתיי / חֲנִיתַי | חֲנִיתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֲנִיתִים | second | חֲנִיתֶיךָ | חניתייך / חֲנִיתַיִךְ | חֲנִיתֵיכֶם | חֲנִיתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | חֲנִיתֵי־ | third | חֲנִיתָיו | חֲנִיתֶיהָ | חֲנִיתֵיהֶם | חֲנִיתֵיהֶן | |
Descendants
- Egyptian ḥnyt (“spear”).
See also
- כִּידוֹן m (kidon)
References
- Noonan, B. J. (2019). Non-Semitic loanwords in the Hebrew Bible: A lexicon of language contact (Vol. 14). Penn State Press. 329.
- Hoch, James E. (1994) Semitic Words in Egyptian Texts of the New Kingdom and Third Intermediate Period, Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 229
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