Lexical Summary chaneph: to be polluted or profane Original Word: חָנֵףTransliteration: chaneph Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-nafe') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be polluted or profane Meaning: to be polluted or profane Strong's Concordance corrupt, defile, greatly, pollute, profane A primitive root; to soil, especially in a moral sense -- corrupt, defile, X greatly, pollute, profane. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2610. chaneph [חָנֵף] verb polluted, profane (Arabic incline, decline, hence inclining to a right state, but in Hebrew of inclining away from right, irreligion, profaneness, compare have a i.e. distortion of foot; Syriac in derivatives be profane, etc.; Late Hebrew Hiph`il, Aramaic Aph`el act falsely toward, flatter, חֲנוּפָה hypocrisy; Assyrian hanpu, ruthlessness; hanâpu, exercise ruthlessness toward, Tel Amarna Zim ZA vi, 1891, 256) — Qal Perfect3feminine singular חָֽנְפָה Isaiah 24:5; 3plural חָנֵפ֑וּ Jeremiah 23:11; Imperfect3feminine singular תֶּחְֶנַף 3:1; תֱּהֶָנ֑ף Micah 4:11; וֵתֶּחֱנַף Jeremiah 3:9; Psalm 106:38; Infinitive absolute חָנוֺף Jeremiah 3:1; — 1 be polluted: of land Isaiah 24:5; Jeremiah 3:1 (twice in verse); Psalm 106:38; of Zion Micah 4:11. 2 of prophet and priest = be חָנֵף (compare below) i.e. profane, godless Jeremiah 23:11. — apparentlytrans הארץ את וַתֶּחֱנַף, Gf strike out את, Gie cites Ges § 121, 1, but read rather Hiph`il וַתַּחֲנֵף with Manuscripts ᵐ5 Ew and others (see also Gf. Gie). Hiph`il Imperfect יַחֲנִיף Numbers 35:33; Daniel 11:33; 2feminine singular וַתַּחֲנִ֫יפִי Jeremiah 3:2; 2masculine plural תַּחֲנִ֫יפוּ; — 1 pollute: the land Numbers 35:33 (twice in verse) (by blood; P), Jeremiah 3:2 (by idolatry, etc.) + 3:9 (see above) 2 make profane, godless Daniel 11:32 with accusative of person |
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